The Earthrover Ecology Car

by BOB FRANCE

My vehicle's features include a recycled VW beetle chassis, a shock-absorbing bumper and a body of aluminum panels pop-riveted onto an angle-iron roll-cage frame. Because of its lighter weight and lower wind resistance, the Earthrover wears longer and stops, goes and corners better than it did as a VW. It drives through the woods on jeep and dune buggy trails much more efficiently than an ordinary auto.

Unlike those of the vehicles shown in the poster, a body like the Earthrover's can be constructed and repaired easily because it doesn't have expensive establishment styling, tricky hardware or curved glass.

Apart from that objection, though, I think MOTHER's electric car idea is right on. I feel that a light vehicle with two or more electric motors and several batteries can run much better than the majority of consumers are being led to believe. Alternative vehicle seminars and meets—organized and publicized through national magazines like MOTHER—might enable the people to develop a simple, reliable form of transportation that could be produced, driven and maintained without ruining our planet.