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Nilanga, who studied Vehicle design in the UK. He wants ELCA to be an affordable private car for the average Lankan. The current plan is to market the car in Sri Lanka.

ELCA project needed to set up a production line and a network of rapid recharge centres.

Meanwhile, Nilanga wants to produce electric car batteries locally for cheaper. ELCA can run for approximately 50,000 km on a set of batteries whose (imported) replacement cost is around LKR 200,000.

Nilanga says he was inspired by Ray Wijewardene’s tinkering with all things mechanical. He might soon help realize one of Ray’s long cherished dreams: declare independence from oil.

Malima: Episode 7 (first broadcast: 10 May 2012) from Nalaka Gunawardene on Vimeo.