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This rocks. (Pardon the pun.)

Neil Young is turning his 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, a 19-foot, two-ton behemoth, into the "Linc-Volt" - a biodiesel plug-in hybrid.

Car looks like this (except it's a 2 door convertible).




To celebrate the project, he will take the car on a road trip from Cali to Detroit and back to raise awareness about technological options that can be used by the auto industry. He's making a documentary about the issues, the conversion, and the trip.


Young watches as the ICE is pulled.

When finished, the car is expected to get 100 mpg, and go 0-60 in 6 seconds (though not at the same time).

• Gas guzzlers get new lives -- as tire-smoking hybrids
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• Neil Young, John Goodwin talk about 100 MPG, biodiesel, plug-in 1960 Lincoln Continental
  Neil Young, John Goodwin talk about 100 MPG, biodiesel, plug-in 1960 Lincoln Continental on CNN Monday — Autoblog Green