: Engineering Student Converts Grandpa’s Petrol Car Into EV in 3 Days, Saves Rs 1.5 Lakh #IndiaNEWS #Electric Vehicles Mihir Vardhan has been fascinated by tools since the age of three.

Engineering Student Converts Grandpa’s Petrol Car Into EV in 3 Days, Saves Rs 1.5 Lakh #IndiaNEWS #Electric Vehicles
Mihir Vardhan has been fascinated by tools since the age of three.

The 20-year-old was introduced to the world of engineering by his parents, and received his first toolbox from his father when he was six years old. Since then, he’s been tinkering around with items with his screwdriver and building things like robots, LED panels, and 3D printers.

“My father would buy me and my brother little lights, bulbs, and batteries. He would teach us how to wire them up. Every birthday, I would get some kind of tool. I started building my collection at the age of six and it continues till today. My entire room turned into a workshop,??? he tells The Better India.

When he was in Class 8, Mihir launched his YouTube channel called ‘Making with Mihir’. He wanted to communicate his love for engineering through this channel.

While he started from small projects like building a torch, today, his works have grown into something bigger. Take, for example, the petrol car that he converted into an electric vehicle.

His latest video, titled ‘Simplest EV Conversion under 00 Convert Your Car in 3 Days!’, has grabbed quite a few eyeballs.

Converting a car to electric in three days

Mihir Vardhan is pursuing electrical engineering at the University of Illinois

The idea for this was born almost a decade ago. Mihir credits his family friend James Abraham for instilling the idea in his head.

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