Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Pontiac, USA
Darryl Hannah converting "Kill Bill" Trans Am to EV
The amazing Daryl Hannah is set to reprise her role from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill as the woman behind the wheel of that superbad 1980 Trans Am. Well, except for the deranged assassin and gas guzzling part. This time it's not a movie but real life and her ride is going to be eerily quiet as it gets its punching power from batteries instead of gasoline. Yes, this talented spokesperson for environmental transportation who recently auctioned off her bio-diesel El Camino is now promoting the benefits of electric driving. We aren't sure where the vintage Pontiac has been hiding out since its film role but Daryl has it and is getting ready to give it one extreme makeover. We don't have any of the technical details yet but we can say that she plans to supply her car with power from her own solar panels. We also suspect that she's going to have to invest in quite a few Kwh worth of energy storage to move almost two tons of epic bad attitude down the road at a pace worthy of it's decaled-hood heritage. We wish her good luck with her project and look forward to seeing "Elle Driver" and her beast back on the boulevards.
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[Source: Denver Post via Ecorazzi]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gabe 1:28PM (9/02/2008)
Talk about your KwH guzzlers - that thing will be lucky to go 20 miles on a charge.
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meme 2:27PM (9/02/2008)
She can afford to load it up with a big pack. Fill up the trunk and half the front end with li-ions and she could get 100-200 miles or so.
Sure, conversions like this aren't exactly fiscally practical right now, but they're certainly achievable.
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Elizabeth 8:57PM (9/06/2008)
It wasn't Darryl Hannah in kill billit was Uma Thurman...you'd think the press would get somethings like proof reading right?!?!?
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breathe4ya 9:14PM (9/06/2008)
Daryl Hannah was in Kill Bill, get YOUR facts straight! Uma Thurman played the main character but Daryl Hannah played the bad woman with an eye patch.
Doug 10:22PM (9/06/2008)
What the He-- is the shaker hood scoop for if it runs on batteries? Why screw up a classic like that? Why not use a Carolla, Pinto, Vega or something?
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