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Amid push for electric vehicles, former Bonneville engineer recalls building models in 1970s
Published: February 21, 2021, 6:02am
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Jack Nugent wrote a booklet called Build Your Own Electric Car. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
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General Motors declared that it will stop making gas-powered cars, trucks and SUVs by 2035, the same year that California will require all vehicles sold in that state to have zero emissions. Some Washington legislators are pushing to make the shift here even sooner, in 2030, in hopes of averting a climate catastrophe.
This isn’t the first time a shiny electric-car future seemed within reach.
Just ask Jack Nugent. In 1973, he built an electric car in his garage by retrofitting a 1960 Renault with 10 golf cart batteries. They filled the back seat and the trunk, located at the front on that model. ....

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