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


solar powered vehicles
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boats, planes and mowers





‘hamburg solar shuttle’ by christoph behling
this vessel can carry up to 120 passengers at a time and is self sufficent, elimating 5 tons of carbon dioxide
and 10.5 kilos of nitrogen oxide that would be emitted if the boat was powered by diesel. solar lab the company
which behling founded has since gone on to produce more of the boats for other cities.
http://solarlab.org


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'pedal / solar powered boat concept' by jonathan mahieddine
 more information on this project can be found here


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'solar powered lawn mower' by husqvarna 2008
this electonic lawn mower will go for up to forty minutes after a full charge, and last up to 50% longer
with additional charging from its solar panels. read more and see the video of it in action.


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‘HB-SIA’ by solar impulse 2007
this ‘solar airplane’ has a a 61-metre wingspan covered in solar panels that aid its flight.
‘it could make a 36-hour flight - the equivalent of a complete day-night-day cycle in 2009 without any fuel’
read more




the model can reach speeds of 50 KM/H and has a range of up to 20 KM using energy from the sun.
http://www.sun-red.com


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‘zephyr’ by qinetiq, 2006
a combination of solar panels on the upper wing surface and rechargeable batteries allows the plane
to be flown for many weeks and even months - more





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‘helios’ by NASA, 1999
described by NASA as a 'solar electric - powered flying wing' designed to operate at high altitudes
for long duration flight.







prior to its loss in an in-flight mishap in june 2003, the helios prototype set a world altitude record
for propeller-driven aircraft of almost 97,000 feet.







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