SPOTLIGHT: Amish buggy uses solar power. By TONY REID, (Decatur) Herald and Review Updated Aug 14, 2013 7:35 a.m.

A Livonia man was arrested for drunk driving following a Fourth of July crash with an Amish buggy, the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office announced Monday.

Larry Yoder constructed this solar-powered Amish buggy in Sullivan, Ill. Yoder took a former Amish buggy and built solar panels into the roof to feed batteries that power an electric motor capable ...

“This is a real Amish buggy.” Except for that solar-fed 1 horsepower motor replacing the one live horse power critter that was intended to be pulling things up front, of course.

A 22-year-old Livonia man is expected to be arraigned later this week in Gladwin County after being arrested Friday for operating while intoxicated causing injury to two Amish residents.

Note that this motorcyclist is passing an Amish buggy in a no-passing zone. State police say most accidents are the fault of motor-vehicle operators, not the Amish. Photo: Brian Mann ...

“Ride it until the wheels fall off” takes on a very literal meaning when you do more than 60 mph (96.5 kph) in a jet-powered Amish buggy still riding on wooden wheels and chassis. The very ...

You never know what Larry Gilreath might bring home from an auction or go take a look at after seeing an enticing post on Facebook Marketplace. The wooden horse-drawn Amish buggy sitting in his ...

The Amish are doubling their population every 20 years, which is one reason Miller–who was raised Amish until he was 10, when his parents left the faith– wants to stay in the Amish buggy business.

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