MindDrive – A Car Driven by Social Media

There is nothing like a great American road trip. Ever since Ford made the automobile mainstream with the Model T, people have been driving to and from wherever his or her heart pleases. Sometimes these excursions are for fun, and some have a purpose. They all have one thing in common though: lots of fuel is used. Now what if your runs off of Tweets, FaceBook posts, and Instagram follows? This is MindDrive’s Project Ghia.

MindDrive is based in Kansas City. It is an “auto-shop-type” based program designed to help the at-risk youth of the urban environment learn a trade, and to more or less keep them out of trouble. Their stated mission is “to inspire students to learn, expand their vision of the future, and to have a positive impact on urban workforce development.”

What MindDrive is doing is very beneficial for the youth of today’s society, but they are not learning how to do oil changes in a 1993 Ford Escort. Project Ghia involves taking an old 1967 beat up Volkswagen Kharmann Ghia, and not only restoring it, but converting it to an electric car that is powered by social media.

Basically, the plan is for the students to drive the car from Kansas City to Washington, DC to promote the program MindDrive. The car is only given wattage to move if people “like” them on Facebook, comment on FaceBook, Tweet them, tag them, follow them, and so on.

To have a bunch of at-risk teens build a car after school is one thing, but to have them convert an old chunk of steel into an electric car that runs off of “social fuel” is another. Help fuel them on their journey by following them, Tweeting them, and so on! Their information is below!

MindDrive

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