Comments on: Jayhawk engineering students transforming Volkswagen Bug into eco car

By: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:36:04 +0000

Great photo, Susan (and great car!). Thanks for sharing…!

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:03:19 +0000

I have seen a wonderful old ’60′s VW bug around here in Berkeley that is painted black with an elegant logo design of a lightning bolt in white and pale lemon on the side door. I think it is an EV conversion.
I got this pic at the Albany dog run.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32164784@N07/3238966905/
I would think old VW bugs would make great straight EVs as I’m sure they have a very lightweight body.

By: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:52:00 +0000

Nadine… thanks so much for your thoughts… I really liked the “backyard mechanic” aspect of this story, also…

By: nadine sellers

nadine sellers — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:59:57 +0000

Open the doors wide and let the students find the ingenuity which had been lost for lack of personal goals, or means to promote.
It is a well known fact that the dedicated back-yard mechanic has had a bead on some very creative and functional inventions. Many have abandoned prospects or been disappointed in the solitary process.
How coincidental that the energy needs and the financial impetus have met around a simple Volks project. Economics reinforce ecology once more. Where there’s a need…there’s a mind grinding away.