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Kinetic Vehicles had a vision. Their vision was MAX (Mother’s Automotive eXperiment) and that vision has become reality as a 100mpg biodiesel homebrew car. Although the project was sponsored by Mother Earth News, the sponsorship was mostly moral support as the builder’s wanted to show that this could be done by anyone.

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Geoff Bjorgan is a tinkerer, there’s no doubt about it. This latest creation of his is an awesome rendition of what he can do if given the time to do it and a few items to cannibalize for parts.

Read More: The Steampunk DIY Electric Bicycle

A little while ago, we did a feature on a self-balancing, electric unicycle. That might possibly be the ultimate LEV, and now, you can download complete plans to build your own for about $1500 in purchased parts.

Read More: The DIY Self-Balancing Electric Unicycle

For some reason, people love Volkswagen Beetles. Especially the older ones. Dale Kling in Michigan definitely wasn’t the first to convert one to an alternative fuel or even electric.

Read More: Michigan Man Creates Electric Volkswagen Bug, Hopes to Offer Conversion Kits

Inspired by the self-balancing Unicycle created by Trevor Blackwell, this experimenter set out to build a one-wheeled skateboard. Utilizing the information abundantly available online regarding balancing robots, and some ingenuity, John Dingley worked to make his self-balancing board a reality.

Read More: A Self-Balancing, One-Wheeled Electric Skateboard

We here at Zoomi Life are big fans of ecomodder and their informative, DIY-oriented eco-modifications to cars. They posted a hilarious article about one of their featured writers, Ben Nelson, getting pulled over for speeding in his converted electric Geo Metro.

Read More: World’s First Speeding Ticket in an Electric Car?

Most of us can’t afford a Fisker Karma or a Tesla Roadster, so we’ll have to find another way to go electric with our vehicles. Some of the more intrepid of us will do it ourselves. Sites like DIYelectricCar.com are there for that. This is a great resource and I was amazed to look through and see what’s there. A friend sent me the link and said I should check it out. Thanks! This site is awesome!

Read More: DIY Electric Car Conversion at DIYelectricCar.com

“How’s the homework going, Junior?”

“Not bad, dad. I just finished putting the lithium-ion battery pack into the project car. I sure hope I pass my driver’s test next week so I can take it out for a test run.”

“Sure, son, I wouldn’t worry abou…wait a minute! Battery pack? Test drive?”

Read More: High School Homework: Convert Saturn SP1 to Electric Car