Thought of you fine folks when I came across this article on aussie.zone

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      9 months ago

      It seems like he used the engines of electric “raiders” (ride-on lawnmowers, that is - small tractors). I cannot fathom why and how he used 3, but the tools in his shed suggest he can build anything. That’s one impressive shed.

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        It sounds to me like he swapped out the original engine for those three lawnmower engines on a lark, perhaps to charge batteries that run an electric motor (kind of like diesel-electric locomotives do, although I don’t believe those have batteries). Then the solar panels were added, negating the need for the lawnmower engines, which haven’t been removed from the system.

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          9 months ago

          What I see on his photos are at least 2 (third one likely in reverse, where his finger is pointing) reasonably powerful electric motors on a single toothed belt pair of toothed belts.

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          I think there’s no combustion engine left in that car. I suspect he combined them because the van wouldn’t ride well with only 10 KW.