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Our success story this week profiles the American Cancer
Society's Camp Discovery in Kerrville, Texas.
Here, kids who have been battling various forms of cancer
got to help build an electric dune buggy.
ACE Technologies, a local engineering consulting firm,
helped design the EV kit using an ATV chassis.
The gas engine was replaced by an electric drive system
that uses a lithium-ion battery pack and solar panel.
The two-seater has a top speed of 55 miles per hour
with a range of 30 miles.
Project coordinators found the kids learned a huge lesson in EV technology.
And that's what we wanted to show the kids, too—that it's very simple.
You've got a bunch of batteries and an electric motor,
and you connect them up, and it turns, and you go.
And that's the beauty of eclectic vehicles—is they're so simple.
The Alamo Area Clean Cities coalition helped raise funds
to build this one-of-a-kind dune buggy.
James Houseman, seen here taking it out for a spin,
won the auction with a generous bid of $15,000—
benefitting the San Antonio chapter of the American Cancer Society.