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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand woman creates her own electric car for $24,000

Rosemary Penwarden in her homemade solar-powered car.
New Zealand woman Rosemary Penwarden in her homemade electric car, which is fully signed off and warranted. Photograph: supplied by Rosemary Penwarden

A New Zealand woman has converted a 29-year-old wreck into a homemade, electric vehicle, “to show it can be done”.

Rosemary Penwarden has been driving her converted vehicle around South Island roads for three years now. The project took her and a friend more than eight months of solid work and tinkering. “You do have to be a little bit mad,” she said. “I want to thank the oil companies for the motivation.”

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