Rock legend Neil Young makes electric cars album

• Mar. 4 by Joseph Chapman (4)

Neil Young has put his electric guitar to green use and written an entire concept album on electric cars.

The album, entitled ‘Fork in the Road’, is Young’s newest way to campaign for the environment, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid. The main themes of the album are based on Young’s work with Lincvolt in a joint attempt to find a way to make it easier for automobiles to be commercially fitted with electric power.

One of the names of the songs on the album, called ‘Johnny Magic’, is named after biodiesel pioneer Johnathan Goodwin, who helped Young convert his prototype electric car, a 1959 Lincoln Continental.

‘Perfect storm for innovation’

Lincvolt is an american company who strive to “to build a zero emissions automobile that eliminates roadside re-fueling entirely”. Neil Young has already this year represented the company by slating the car production industry, calling this month a “A perfect storm for innovation”, perhaps giving light to calling his album ‘Fork in the Road’. Young goes on to  demand “the type of cars that will lead the world toward saving the planet for future generations.”

As for his album, it is due for release in early April, and he is currently streaming the video for the title track and first single on his website.