Twenty-year-old Chad Conway recently beat out hundreds of other college students to become Tesla Motors's only undergrad intern. He got the gig because he's an electric-car freak, restoring this 1980 ComutaCar in high school. This is his story. —Ed.
Twenty-year-old Chad Conway recently beat out hundreds of other college students to become Tesla Motors's only undergrad intern. He got the gig because he's an electric-car freak, restoring this 1980 ComutaCar in high school. This is his story. —Ed.
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 500+ vehicles into this series, we've finally got an electric car!
So you want a plug-in electric but don't feel like waiting to buy a Chevy Volt or a Tesla Roadster? Do you also only need to hit 40 MPH on a straightaway and said straightaway is only 40 miles long? Then maybe you need to get yourself a 110V plug-in 1979 Sebring-Vanguard electric CitiCar
With word of more alternative fuel cars coming out (like the possibly electric Cadillac Provoq