In 2015, Paul Mangelsdorf and the Green 707 electric vehicle team at the University of Hartford converted a Chevrolet S-10 truck into an all-electric racer, so it’s fair to say that led to his current drag-and-drive ride, a ‘40 Chevrolet Coupe. “I was looking for a pre-1955 car to show that EV swaps can work with old school hot rods, and old school hot rodding methods (stripped down and pieced together for speed).”

They say electric cars will kill hot rodding, but could they simply be in new guises? Paul Mangelsdorf is testing that theory with his ’40 Chevy coupe. Rather than keeping internal combustion, Paul chose a Tesla Large Drive Unit to power the classic metal