Awesome Chinese Carpenter Made His Own Electric Car Out Of Wood

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Raphael Orlove
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Why wait for a Tesla when you could just build an electric car yourself? Well, other than the splinters, I guess.

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48-year-old Liu Fulong of Shenyang, China did indeed build himself an electric car. As he is a carpenter, he constructed the whole thing out of wood.

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I mean, other than the electric motor and stuff. I can only assume that is made out of non-wood materials such as metal.

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China News reports that the 200 kg car has a 20km (12 mi) range, tops out at 30 km/h (19 mph) and took a mere three months to build.

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Photo Credits: China News/Getty