{"id":714101,"date":"2010-04-12T02:35:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T06:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/ohio-teen-becomes-youngest-person-to-built-electric-truck\/"},"modified":"2010-04-12T02:35:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T06:35:36","slug":"ohio-teen-becomes-youngest-person-to-build-electric-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/714101","title":{"rendered":"Ohio teen becomes youngest person to build electric truck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/12\/electric-truck_v5LwX_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"electric truck\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Teenager converts Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck to run on electric batteries.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 16, when most of us are just learning to drive a car, Deitrich Ludwig from Monclova, Ohio has become the youngest person on the planet to build a 2000 Chevrolet S-10 pickup electric truck, setting a new world record for the youngest person to have built an electric truck.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The truck has been built by replacing the gas-guzzling engine with a 100 percent emission-free electric drive train. The young creator removed the four-cylinder engine, radiator and exhaust system and installed a DC electric motor, control system, battery charger and a bank of batteries. <\/p>\n<p>After a successful first ride, the creator now wants to reduce the charging times and improve the vehicle\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldrecordsacademy.org\/youngest\/youngest_person_to_have_built_a_electric_truck_world_record_set_by_Deitrich_Ludwig_101642.htm\">World Records Academy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Teenager converts Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck to run on electric batteries. At the age of 16, when most of us are just learning to drive a car, Deitrich Ludwig from Monclova, Ohio has become the youngest person on the planet to build a 2000 Chevrolet S-10 pickup electric truck, setting a new world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ZLL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}