“A Chinese engineering student Zhu Zhenlin has created his very own home-made solar powered car, complete with Snoopy seat coverings. The 19-year-old spent barely anything on the strange looking car, as he garnered materials for the contraption from a local scrapyard. Mr Zhenlin, from east China’s Zhejiang province, explained: ‘I had to work out how to keep the weight down low so I took off anything that wasn’t really necessary like some of the panels at the side – it weighs just 880 lbs. ‘I didn’t feel I needed the regular panels anyway because I’ve replaced them with a total of 22 solar panels.’ While the vehicle might look a bit eccentric, Zhu is probably going to have the last laugh, with its short 3.2-metre length meaning that parking spaces are not hard to come by.” w/ photo
