Episode 21: Building an Electric Vehicle for Rallycross with Ben Hempstead
Ben Hempstead is a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry by day and on the weekends, you will find him out rallycrossing his electronic Baja beetle. The beetle started out as a project to work on with his kids and now it's both a daily driver and a race vehicle that the family shares.
After three year did competing, Ben sits down us to talk about the build, prepping the car for Rallycross and how to take on your own EV project.
What we mention in the episode:
Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing
Ben’s electric bug album on EV Album
Winter Series Course Worker Application
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