Postcard from an electric rickshaw

[LockH]

http://budapesttimes.hu/2016/08/27/postcard-from-an-electric-rickshaw/

We are standing in the carpark outside the Indian Embassy’s Budapest compound. If one inspects the car, it looks like an elongated rickshaw with a caravan built on top. The sides are hand-painted, underlining the vital message: “India to UK in solar Tuk-Tuk, 0 emission, 1 Solar Tuk-Tuk, 10 countries, 10.000 km.”
The smiling man is the young Indian innovator and adventurer Naveen Rabelli. He spent a few days in Budapest recently with his solar-driven tuk-tuk on his journey from India to London.

 

[The Apprentice]

An ineresting story about an Indian engineer who built a solar charged electric Tuk Tuk and drove it from India to London. The video on the site is worth a watch. This seems like a good take on the possibilities of electric vehicles for mass use in "emerging markets".
http://solartuktuk.com/

 

[LockH]

Hehe... Yet story author still can't get past 20th-century mindset, referring to the vehicle as a "car" (carriage). [sigh] MY "vehicle" comes without empty seats. :wink: