Juan Carlos Pino, a 56-year-old mechanic in the eastern Cuban town of Moa, has converted a decades-old Fiat Polski 126p to ...
A Cuban mechanic has converted his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, a cheaper and more abundant fuel than gasoline since Washington cut off oil shipments to the Caribbean island in January.
The resourcefulness of a Cuban mechanic in creating a coal-powered car has garnered international media coverage amid Cuba's severe fuel crisis.