Garage owner hits top gear with environment-friendly innovation

Vadodara: While it takes skills and know-how of mechanical or electrical engineering to create a four-wheeler, Ayyub Saiyed (43) a class VII pass, has surprised everyone by making a battery-operated three-wheeler.
According to Ayyub, who lives in Nalbandwada, the car can accommodate nearly three persons and is entirely handmade.
"I got the inspiration to make the vehicle from electric scooters that I have been repairing at my workshop for the last eight years.Every part of the vehicle has been cut and assembled by me. I took inspiration from a vehicle in Thailand that I saw on the internet," said Ayyub, who makes gym equipment.
It took nearly a year to complete the vehicle.
The vehicle which has about eight 48 volt batteries moves at a speed of about 40 km per hour. Saiyed began by drawing the structure of the vehicle and later designed its look .
It looks like a makeshift golf car and a has a flexible roof made of heat-resistant rubber sheet and a body made of cold-rolled steel coil.
"Ayyub has been a very curious person right from a young age. He can make replicas of any given machine. He spent many sleepless nights to make this car. He did everything on his own and did not take any help from anyone," said Ayyub's mother Mohammadi Begum.
Saiyed recently took his family to a prominent mall near Genda Circle in this vehicle. According to him, the idea of his four children commuting together in a vehicle to school motivated him to build the vehicle.
"I saw the vehicle near the mall and was curious to know more about it. I was surprised after learning that he created the vehicle all by himself. People like him deserve support as this vehicle can be a very good solution for increasing pollution," said Umesh Patel, who owns an electrical equipment business.
"Regardless of his academic background, Ayyub's work has been inspiring many students in the neighbourhood. People stop him to click pictures with his car," said Ahtasamuddin Shaikh, Ayyub's nephew.