Recently, a man with a homebrewed, $13,000 electric car called the Phoenix drove over 380 miles on a single charge, leaving a Tesla Model S that was along for the drive in its electron-laden dust. The man who built the car, Eric Lundgren, CEO of IT Asset Partners, says it’s a world record for road-going electric vehicle range (a Guinness World Record certification is in the works). And it was all done with a car built from trash.

Read the full story of the recycled electric that beats Tesla at Automobile Magazine.