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Issa Awawdeh, an engineer from the West Bank, has added a solar panel and an electric motor to a Subaru. Now, the $4,000 modification allows him not to rely on petrol anymore. Instead of it, he connects his car batteries to the mains and runs the electric circuits, lights, wipers and stereo via solar energy.

I installed an electric motor, but otherwise it is a normal car and is not different from other cars. It cost me about $2.50 to drive from home to work. Now with this car, it costs me 30 cents. That means I save a lot.

The modification has indeed helped him to reduce the car’s running cost by 90 percent. He wishes that his next solar-powered car could be fueled “by 70 percent solar power,” and could offer him a top speed of 120 km per hour and a 200 km range, given that he gets the funding in time.

Via: NTDTV