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Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada
"As a structural material, hemp is about the best."
- Nathan Armstrong, Motive Industries Inc
An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.
The compact car, which will hold a driver and up to three passengers, will have a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour and a range of 40 to 160 kilometres before needing to be recharged, depending on the type of battery, the company said in an email to CBC News Monday.
The car's body will be made of an impact-resistant composite material produced from mats of hemp, a plant from the cannabis family. The material is being supplied by Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, a provincial Crown corporation that provides technical services and funding to help commercialize new technologies. The hemp is being grown in Vegreville, Alta.