Neil Young's Old Car for a New Age | TakePart Blog Network

Kerry Trueman November 21, 2007 | 3:16 pm EST

by Kerry Trueman

Iconic rocker Neil Young, always on the cutting edge, is more electrifying than ever these days””he’s converting his 1959 Lincoln Continental into an ultra efficient hybrid electric car. When the transformation’s complete, he’ll drive his “Linc-Volt” from Wichita, where the operation’s taking place, to Detroit””and, he hopes, onto America’s radar.

Young’s documenting his alternative auto odyssey for a film, “Linc-Volt,” that he plans to release in 2008. By turning his two and a half ton, 19-foot-long vintage gas-guzzler into a 100-mile-a-gallon hybrid, Young hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of hybrid-powered cars. Long may he run!