Mark King's Electric Car
 

I met Mark King at the MREA Energy Fair.

He is a young guy who just built his own electric car - FROM SCRATCH!

He gave me a photo of his car with some contact info. I was able to get some more photos from him by e-mail later, but he just told me today that there is a newspaper article on him!

Check it out!
Desire to Be Green (And Park Cheaply) Sparked Teenage Bainbridge Inventor : Bainbridge Island : Kitsap Sun

http://media.kitsapsun.com/bsun/cont...73225_t176.jpg

Here's more photos of his car:
MobileMe Gallery

http://gallery.me.com/benhdvideoguy/...12466353920001

Glad to see that it's mostly built from salvage parts.

I think thats pretty awesome

He must be very proud

(Shouldnt his front tires be thinner?)

Would love to see more detailed build pics... more specs for parts/hardware, etc.

I met him too, really nice quite kid, I wasn't sure what to say when he told me he had made an electric car... then he asked if I wanted to see photos!
VW front end, Etec motor, toro ridding lown mower tranny and i forget what he used for a controller.
he did not however tell me about the jet pack.

Ideal Microcar and great (rather well known!) tale about greasy hands..."but MOM....." Enjoyable 4th of July story!

I just found this video the video that I am linking below and came here to see what was known about his car. Does anyone know if he has a website or has otherwise published more details?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9d3wAjdknA

I haven't talked to Mark in a while. I did just send him an e-mail, seeing if he has some more general info posted about his project.

Thanks! I would have searched beyond this site, but I am really struggling to manage my time wisely, and I am extremely stressed about the next several days.

However, I needed to eat, so I used Google while I ate my cereal--it seemed like a poor time to study.

The only thing that I found that looked like it might be useful, but also potentially malicious, is this link, with which Google provided a kindly warning:

Bainbridge Conversation » Mark King
pugetsoundblogs.com/bainbridge-conversation/tag/mark-king/
This site may be compromised.
Feb 8, 2011 – Backyard inventor and electric car-maker Mark King was recently profiled in King TV's Evening Magazine. You can see the video above.

I might not have a problem loading that on a public computer, but this is where I keep all my stuff!

Very cool car. I am a big fan of three wheeled cars. I dream of building an EV Morgan Supersport one day....
http://www.diariomotor.com/imagenes/...ler-2011-5.jpg

I just heard back from Mark.

Here's a brief section of his exact words.

"I don't currently have any info about the build. I should have made a step by step summary, but never did.
I didn't have blueprints as I was building. Just trial and error. I know you're familiar with the trial and error method as well!"

I think Mark is a great example of somebody who can just simply put in both the mental and physical work to make something happen. We need more people like him keeping up their good work.

I've seen that news video probably a dozen times on YouTube. Very impressive, and I'd love to know more about it as well.

Perhaps a few shots without the body? I'm sure we would all appreciate it!