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  • Lada Powered By 50 Cordless Drills Is The Only EV Swap That Matters

    02/02/2025 8:43:51 PM PST · by Red Badger · 20 replies
    Jalopnik ^ | January 27, 2025 | Owen Bellwood
    The car of the future? Screenshot: Garage 54 via YouTube Taking an old car and making it run on electricity is so hot right now, with startups the world over popping up with the aim of electrifying everything from old Jaguar E-Types to lovely little Miatas. Now, a rusting Lada has been given the EV upgrade, but instead of cribbing its power from a Tesla or Cascadia Motion, it comes from an unlikely source: cordless drills. Specifically, the battery-powered Lada is motivated by hashing together 50 cordless drills by YouTube channel Garage 54. If that name sounds familiar, that’s because...