Chinese man's homemade wooden vehicle can reach 50kph

A carpenter in China has created an electric vehicle from wood which can run at a maximum speed of 50 kilometres per hour.

Liu Fulong spent about four months and nearly 20,000 yuan (USD 3,250) on the homemade wooden armoured vehicle.

The vehicle is 2.5 metres long, 1.3 metres wide and weighs over 350kg.

It can run at a maximum speed of 50 kilometres per hour, 'ecns.Cn' reported.

Fulong in Shenyang city, Northeast China's Liaoning province has added model radar and missiles to make it look more like an armoured vehicle.

The vehicle also has lights, mirrors, indicators and spare tyres.