Neil Young’s Electric Car Project Now Has Live Web Cam

Filed under: buildings and construction, cars-houses, transport, travel — Michael d'Estries @ 2:33 pm

September 30th 2008

With a beer in hand, Neil Young went on camera last week to record a “State of the Linc Volt” address and give the world an update on his progress converting a ‘59 Lincoln Continental into a badass electric vehicle. We haven’t heard much on the project since engineer John Goodwin and Young nearly destroyed the car in their first test run back in June.

Now, we’re learning that the number of Lithium-ion batteries has been reduced and they’ve added an on-board generator — similar to the Chevy Volt’s small gasoline range extender. Also, and most interesting, the Lincoln has been outfitted with sensors that will wirelessly hook up with the Internet and deliver real time stats to the world. We’re not sure if they’re jacking in through a cell phone or just some local hotspots, but either way, cool!

Also, take a look at the live web cam now available in the garage for visual updates at your leisure. Is that a Hummer to the right? Is that monster getting a new green soul too?

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6 Responses to “Neil Young’s Electric Car Project Now Has Live Web Cam”

  1. Jim, October 1, 2008 at 1:08 am

    On The Human Highway

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  2. Eco Mama, October 14, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Another millionaire getting duped to convert a car to battery electric…there’s a sucker born every minute!

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  3. JIVES DIESFELD, November 30, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    TRY A RAM AIR TURBINE, AS USED TO PROVIDE BACKUP ELECTRIC ON AIRLINERS.

    PS IF YOU’RE IN VENTURA LOOK UP MY BROTHER PAT & CHECK OUT HIS COLLECTION OF CLASSIC RADICAL RODS!

    ROCK ON!

    CHICAGO

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  4. Mike Croswell, October 8, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Always good to see electric car projects since electric is cleaner to make and can be made very inexpensively. Personally, I’ve been waiting to do this with my older Cadillac but need to wait for the batteries to get cheaper.

    So, want to learn more since I am also interested in moving a relatively heavy vehicle with electric. In my case it seems feasible since my expected range will be less than your project expectations.

    I hope they add some more aspects on alternate battery tech to their experiments – that’s what I need to learn more about.

    Thanks!

    Reply

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