By investing in a set of four solar panels, spending a little time fabricating and modifying an electric scooter, he is now happily harnessing the power of the sun to propel him from A to B.

And finally—it works! The DIY electric scooter roars to life, and when Leon sees it, he’s totally blown away. I ride off, proud and thrilled that I don’t have to run behind my friends anymore.

There’s a bunch of different electric scooters available nowadays, including those hoverboards that keep catching fire. [TK] had an older Razor E300 that uses lead acid batteries. After getting ...