Central Florida Man Beats the Gas Pumps
What started as an experiment has become a reality for Ken Watkins; and he drives it every day to work.Watkins, an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman, converted a used 1997 Chevrolet S-10 pickup into an electric vehicle that runs 100 percent on battery power.“This experimental journey began one day while I was sitting at a traffic light burning up gasoline,” Watkins said. “The thought came to me that there must be a better way to get to work. I had been thinking about building an electric vehicle for the past 25 years but felt that it was too difficult.”
