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Electric car hits the road in fuel-starved Gaza
A Palestinian-designed electric car has drawn admiration in Gaza where a fuel shortage has forced residents to use cooking oil to power their cars.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:40 May 26, 2008
Gaza: A Palestinian-designed electric car has drawn admiration in Gaza where a fuel shortage has forced residents to use cooking oil to power their cars.
"At first people laughed, saying it would not work, now people are begging us to convert their cars," said Fayez Anan.
Anan hooked up the car engine to 32 batteries with the help of fellow electrical engineer Wasim Al Khuzundar.
Driving their small car through the streets of Gaza City, they said the vehicle could travel up to 200 kilometres on a single charge.
"The lack of fuel, the bad smell of cooking oil and the continued siege motivated us to enhance the work until we were successful and made the car operational," Anan said.
He put the cost of the project at $2,500 but said the price of converting a car to electric power would depend on its size.
Israel has reduced the amount of fuel it pumps into the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters seized control of the territory in June.
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