Mark King's Electric Car

[bennelson]

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



Here's more photos of his car:
MobileMe Gallery

[captainslug]

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

[alohaspirit]

I think thats pretty awesome

He must be very proud

(Shouldnt his front tires be thinner?)

[Christ]

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

[Ryland]

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.

[Christopher Jordan]

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

[Xist]

Originally Posted by Ryland

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.

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

[bennelson]

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.

[Xist]

Originally Posted by bennelson

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!

[mechman600]

Very cool car. I am a big fan of three wheeled cars. I dream of building an EV Morgan Supersport one day....