DeLorean electric car: Where we’re going we won’t need petrol

When a charity auction in America later this year offers for sale the original hover board and time-travelling DeLorean car from the film Back to the Future part II, engineer Dave Delman will already be behind the wheel of his own futuristic version of the iconic sports car.

The film featured a DeLorean time machine fitted with a ‘flux capacitor’ fuelled by plutonium that allowed it to travel through time when it reached a speed of 88mph. Dr Delman’s electric DeLorean is powered by thirteen lead-acid batteries that give a range of up to 30 miles.

DIY electric cars

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) said: “An increasing number of motorists frustrated at the high retail price of electric cars are converting their own vehicles to battery power.”

Unlike the original car from the film, which may fetch as much as £400,000 at auction, the standard DeLorean cost only £8,000 to convert to electric power.