A go-kart is typically a four-wheeled vehicle that fits one person and is used for recreational ... as the legs of the driver. Electric and gas-powered models can travel as fast as a car.

Gasoline: The original go-karts invented in the 1950s were powered by small internal combustion engines. Because they use engines like the ones that power lawn mowers and chainsaws, gas-powered ...

The same goes for a Boeing gas turbine turbojet engine. That's right, someone from Middletown, MD, has created a jet-powered go kart. Kind of like that one the 18-year-old from Connecticut built.