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British Man Powers DIY Car with Discarded Vapes
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British man powers DIY car with discarded vapes
Anyone who’s walked through the grounds of a music festival or even peeked into a public trash bin has likely noticed a deluge of discarded, single-use nicotine vapes. These vapes have surged in popularity, with the United Nations estimating at least 844 million of them were discarded by 2022 alone. As many as 500,000 vapes were thrown out every day in 2023, despite the fact that the lithium-ion batteries used to power them could often be rechar…
It sounds like something out of a fairy tale: A British engineer has converted 500 batteries from discarded e-cigarettes into a car battery and used it to power a small car. As reported by the portals WinFuture and Golem, he covered more than 30 kilometers in an initial test drive with the electric car without the batteries running out. Behind this unusual project is the British YouTuber and tinkerer Chris Doel. He spent months collecting discar…
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