Cuban homemade tools and technological disobedience

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I remember the same thing happening in the Eastern Block when the wall fell and then when the USSR dissolved. We didn't hear much about it here in the west. But one story I read was with the collapse heavy industry and like cars just were no longer available. In this little town gas was tight and there was a guy who'd been making something along the line of electric golf carts. So he went to the city council and offered to work with them to start making these small electric vehicles. It provided jobs, all the light poles had outlets so the cars could charge. The cars could then be turned in and they would be refurbished (providing more jobs) and put back on the road. What a concept, no planned obsolescence and all staying in the local economy. I think this was like in the early 90's and I've never found the story again or an update. But I wonder if this is a lot more common but there just not as many folks documenting it?