Saving the dinosaurs: Startups drive to electrify fossil-fuel cars


FILE PHOTO: David Lorenz, founder of Lunaz, which converts classic combustion engine cars to electric, walks towards a converted Rolls Royce plugged into a charger in Silverstone, Britain, November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Carey

SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - You can save your prized Aston Martin DB6, Porsche 911 or Mustang from the museum of combustion engine history. Or your Fiat 500 and Renault Clio, for that matter.

That's the message from a growing cohort of European and American startups seeking to carve out roles in the auto transition by converting the roaring dinosaurs of the fossil-fuel age into clean electric vehicles (EVs).

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