He was sick, unable to go out, and came up with a great idea: he sent a remote control car to do the shopping for him.

The Spaniard, known on the web as Thegreencar, replaced the remote control car with parts of a drone and used it to carry out tasks without leaving home.

It was born as an entertainment project and now that it is viral on the networks, it is starting to become something more. is approx green carA project by a Spaniard – who prefers to remain anonymous – from Sabadell, Barcelona, ​​which consists of A radio-controlled car that he adapted from an old drone system (with 360 camera and speakers) and controls it with his virtual glasses.

It’s a little car adventure transmitted by TikTok and by InstagramAnd you can be seen walking down some streets in Spain, honking your horn to scare people or chasing away traffic agents, or entering some building (cinema, toy store or library, among others) or doing some errand. the car has Included is a small methacrylate box where its owner sends messages and/or money to the owners of the building Take and place your product there. In fact, it can be seen, for example, to buy a hamburger in a fast food restaurant to satisfy the hunger of its producer.

The man behind the mask managed to combine two great passions with this project: “I am an airplane pilotBut the regulations in Spain and Europe in general are very restrictive, so I had to leave the hobby and I kept my other passion: radio controlled cars“- he told LA NACION.

To create Thegreencar, Modified remote control car (Traxxas X-Maxx 8S), which is about 35 cm tall and It can go up to 100 km/h. He added some features to his drone, some Antennas to extend your range, horn and speaker To be able to talk and listen to other people. The distance was very limited because there are many obstacles on the ground. So I also created a video transmission protocol, always within the bounds of legality, to achieve more and achieved something very crazy:A radio-controlled car that can travel 15 kilometers! Crazy! I myself was surprised by the reliability of the creation”, he proudly explains.

Although at first the idea was just to make jokes and show their networks, one day he needed to use his invention for something else and discovered a new series. “One day I was sick at home, I hadn’t done the shopping and I couldn’t go out… then I had the brilliant idea to go shopping with a remote control car. I put a note that might read “give me a ham sandwich”. I was between nervous and hungry, but I did it!” A friend encouraged him to upload videos to TikTok and the account quickly began to grow until it did 1.8 million subscribers and videos reaching 38 million views. “I didn’t think it would come this far!” he says.

Develop more models

Entertainment aside, Thegreencar’s future is undoubtedly commercial. He had contacts from several companies and several offers for his product, but turned them down because he is going to market it himself: “Right now I’m working day and night. Draw my own radio control car model And that everyone can have a green car at home.” His idea is to open an online store “where anyone can buy and customize their own Thegreencar.”

In principle, the model will be available for purchase The Greencar GlobeOriginal model. But there are two other models: Greencar penetrated (a small radio-controlled car with the same transmission technology as thegreencar Globo, which can penetrate any corner of any store thanks to its power, size, performance and speed) and then the second, which reaches 160 km/h, which, according to him, has already “jumped” the radar.

In addition to turning down several offers, he accepted a small ad to add to one of his videos because “it’s what helps me fund myself,” he says.

Besides the fun and commercial side, he knows his creations can have other uses: Help disabled or elderly people with shopping or errands. “That was one of the first things I thought about when I got this reliability, because it would be a very useful tool to make some tasks easier,” he reflects. So I’m working on it and it would be an honor for me to achieve it.”