{"id":8501,"date":"2023-10-18T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2023-10-18T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:02:23","slug":"dyson-award-finalist-for-petrol-car-electric-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/dyson-award-finalist-for-petrol-car-electric-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyson Award Finalist for Petrol Car Electric Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As more electric vehicles hit the road, some may be wondering what the lifespan of their existing vehicle is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well what if you could simply convert your petrol car to an electric one?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/230821_Dyson_Awards-14-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>That was the thinking of this year\u2019s Australian James Dyson Award winner (and Global Top 20 finalist),\u00a0 RMIT student Alexander Burton with his<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2023\/project\/revr\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rapid Electric Vehicle Retrofit <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prototype.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Alexander is able to pursue his invention, Petrol car driving Australians may one day be able to convert their fossil fuel vehicle to a hybrid-electric vehicle for less than $5,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s off to a good start with 9 thousand dollars funded into his project as a national award winner, with an additional 50 thousand if he can take out the global James Dyson Award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"REVR DYSON SUBMISSION\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKVVpbvDMN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get more info at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2023\/project\/revr\/\">https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2023\/project\/revr\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more electric vehicles hit the road, some may be wondering what the lifespan of their existing vehicle is. 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