OUT DOORS

ELECTRIC AVENUE

image THE STREET-LEGAL ELECTRIC CAR OF THE FUTURE IS COMING — NOT FROM JAPAN OR DETROIT — BUT FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR’S GARAGE.

By Charles Platt

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Photography by Charles Platt

imageMark Mongillo electrified his Fiat partly because he wanted to make it go faster. He spent less than $5,000 on the car and the conversion. It has 12 batteries and cruises at 65 mph. Range: 40 miles.

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE

Portland International Raceway, teenage ...

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