solar powered vehicles - round up of recenly designed cars, bikes, scooters and more ...............................................................................................................................


solar powered vehicles
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the past few years have seen a dramatic rise in the popularity of alternate energy sources,
particularly solar power. the technology which directly converts the sun's rays into electricity is proving
to be one of the more commonly used 'green' energies in the transportation markets. as research into
solar power continues to accelerate and designers are busy trying to challenge peoples ideas of how
vehicles that use it can look. over the next three pages is an eclectic selection of vehicles that use
'reliable' solar technologies.


cars, trucks and carts



‘eclectic’ by venturi, 2008
the roof of this three person car is lined with solar panels, which can produce enough energy to travel 7 KM
at almost 50 KM/H. the wind turbine on the roof of the vehicle can fuel the car for a journey twice as long.


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'car on a stick' by ross lovegrove, 2008
ross lovegrove’s ‘car on a stick’ concept sees solar powered vehicles lifted up into the air when
they are not being driven to function as street lights. hear what ross has to say about the project here







http://www.rosslovegrove.com
read the designboom interview with ross lovegrove (2006)


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‘i MIEV sport’ by mitsubishi, 2007
this battery powered car is partially charged via the solar panels on its roof and can reach speeds of
180 KM/H with a range of 200 KM. read full specifications of the car here.


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‘124 concept’ by honda, 2007



honda’s view of the future sees indivdual solar powered vehicles merging into one to use of carpool lanes.
read more


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'the solar bug' by freedrive 2007
yet another model which features solar panels on its roof top is 'the solar bug' by steve titus / freedrive.
the car has a top range of 55 KM/H and a range of almost 100 KM. read more



http://www.thisisbozeman.com
http://www.freedrive-ev.com/solarbugbrochure.pdf


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‘astrolab’ by venturi, 2006
this two-person car is topped off with ‘high-efficiency solar cells’. the ‘top of the range e-car’ can reach
an impressive about 120 KM/H and has a range of 110 KM.
http://www.venturi.fr


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these two solar vehicles, produced by honda were made to compete in the world solar challenge
an event which sees solar racers compete in australia every year.




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designs from the 2007 world solar challenge - this image shows the 'FH bochum team's car'




'solar fern'


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the ‘kudo cart’ from cruise car, 2006
see more designs form cruise car here


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'solar camper van' by verdier, 2006
this camper van soaks-up rays from the sun to power all your camping needs.






the design by verdier of candada was the recipient of a red dot award in 2006/07.
http://www.verdier.ca


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'solar powered' MX5, 2006
 for this conversion japanese engineers removed the cars fuel tank and completely replaced it with a
electric motor and battery. the vehicle to run at a top speed of 100 KM/H with a maximum range of 30 KM.
read more - here and here


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in recent yeras 'green drivers' have added solar charging their electric cars.
more info on how to do so can be found here and here.


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a truck that runs on solar power stored by hydrogen fuel cells - more


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'solar-truck' from porta watts - more







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cars, trucks & carts
trikes, bikes & scooters
boats, planes & mowers









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