Teen Builds Electric Car
By: Dawn Pellas
Updated: September 20, 2011
18-year-old Shane Montgomery has been interested in how things work
since he was a little boy. His mother Julie says she noticed his
inquisitive mind immediately.
"Ever since he was little boy he was interested in fixing things taking them apart and putting them back together and so I didn't doubt him," she said.
The Hollidaysburg High School Student wanted to upgrade his ride, so he pulled all of the mechanical elements out of his car and tossed them aside. Shane converted his car to run on electricity. "I looked up on line... read a bunch of articles and figured out how to do it," he said.
Shane used 24 golf cart batteries to power the car, but it doesn't run like a golf cart. "I've had it up to 70 miles an hour it will go a little bit faster not much," Shane told Central PA Live.
He says it gets up to 75-80 miles to a single charge, but there are still a few problems to work out.
"Right now it doesn't have air conditioning or power steering, but I'm working on that," he said.
"Ever since he was little boy he was interested in fixing things taking them apart and putting them back together and so I didn't doubt him," she said.
The Hollidaysburg High School Student wanted to upgrade his ride, so he pulled all of the mechanical elements out of his car and tossed them aside. Shane converted his car to run on electricity. "I looked up on line... read a bunch of articles and figured out how to do it," he said.
Shane used 24 golf cart batteries to power the car, but it doesn't run like a golf cart. "I've had it up to 70 miles an hour it will go a little bit faster not much," Shane told Central PA Live.
He says it gets up to 75-80 miles to a single charge, but there are still a few problems to work out.
"Right now it doesn't have air conditioning or power steering, but I'm working on that," he said.
