Electric Vehicle Project

The Electric Vehicle Project converted an MG Midget from gasoline power to electric power and efforts continue at showing the viability of clean, quiet electric vehicles as a commute alternative. EV Project volunteers and members of the High Schools Group also converted a Volkswagen Rabbit to electric power. Project members also worked with the SnoWhite, the country’s fastest electric race car, and created a slideshow about electric vehicle conversions.

The EV project was born in late 1991 when an MG Midget was donated by Will Doolittle to BAA under the stipulation that it be converted to electricity. It had previously been owned by two other BAA founders, Jing Jing Tsong and Mike Austin.

“Jing and Mike sold the MG to Will and then later he donated it to BAA for conversion,” remembered Peter Drekmeier in 2025. “I drove it for a little while [before it was converted], always referring to it as the electric vehicle, even though it probably polluted more than most cars on the road at the time.”

In subsequent years Project Leader David Coale exhibited the zero-emission vehicle at many energy fairs, schools, alternative transportation parades, and other high visibility events. Sponsors donated materials.