Man builds an EV battery out of 500 dead disposable vapes and can't believe the result
Published on Mar 05, 2026 at 4:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Mar 05, 2026 at 4:43 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
You’ve probably not wondered whether an EV can be powered by 500 dead disposable vapes, but if you were even slightly curious, YouTuber Chris Doel has us covered.
The YouTuber got his hands on 500 disposable vapes and harvested the batteries from them to create one massive battery pack to power a road-legal car.
Powering a car with just disposable vapes sounds like the stuff of fantasy, but as these disposable vapes have batteries that can be recharged, it gave Doel an idea.
In his video, he took 500 of the vapes, extracted the batteries, and then it was time for the moment of truth: could they power an EV?
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This is how the large vape battery was made
First, Doel extracted all of the batteries from the disposable vapes.
After checking them all, he took all of the working ones and combined them.
There were 14 module rows of battery, which transformed into a 50-volt battery pack that was packing enough juice to power his house.
The car chosen for the challenge was the Reva G-WIZ, quite possibly the worst car ever made.
It was a small, slow, and poor-range electric car that never caught on.
But the G-WIZ uses a 48-volt battery and has very basic architecture.
Hilariously, Doel and his friend used the vape pack to create the new shell to hold the batteries.
Doel made a few safety upgrades to the pack, such as fuses and temperature sensors.
The last thing they wanted was for it to overheat and burn the G-WIZ.
Did the G-WIZ EV run on the disposable vape battery pack?
With the battery pack made, the next step was to install it into the electric car.
In theory, Doel could connect the battery pack to two lines to get it to work correctly.
A DC-DC converter was needed to power things like the headlights, and a few other coding tweaks were needed, too.
Amazingly, the vape pack did power the car, allowing it to move and run things like the turn signals.
Doel even created a little USB-C fast charger unit that enabled him to recharge the battery pack.
After towing the car out, they plugged the car in, and incredibly, it worked and drove.
Even crazier was that the car was insured, and the insurance company knew what Doel was doing!
They got the G-WIZ up to a dizzying 35mph.
So if you ever wondered if you could power a car with vape batteries, it turns out you can.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a heritage steam railway.
