If this is the same group that made the solar RV I saw recently I'm hopeful that they can bring both vehicles to market. The RV was quite large, and folded down panels from the sides, so it can generate quite a lot of solar power. I can see this car as a pair with the camper, using it's cells to supplement it's own charging. I'm curious as to how much energy the solar panels provide. The builder says it is totally solar powered, but I'm pretty sure that's with a few days taken to charge up the battery first. As a wild guess might I speculate it's about 10% of the battery per day? That would mean this car is getting around 12.6 km or 8 mi per kWh. That's pretty impressive. I assume once this is out of the prototype stage the tubular frame will be covered by the interior. As it is, you can see how lightweight it is. I hope to see this in Europe soon.
I'd buy one. The offroading capability is really cool but it would also work as a regular city vehicle for people mainly driving short distances. Park it on the street, no need for chargers.
Electric vehicles are such a leap in efficiency over petrol vehicles there is no need to place solar panels on a vehicle. Unlike roof top solar they are not guaranteed to have the right placement or angle to the sun and they are further exposed to the hazards of the road. Efficiency means putting the money into roof top solar to charge your car and also benefit others by placing excess solar into the grid.
Is this a joke? What is the output of the panels under optimal conditions ? What size is the battery pack? How many miles per Kilowatt hour does the car achieve? Has the car been crash tested? Does the car have airbags? Does the car have climate control? Let me guess, the total power generated will be a few hundred watts so charging even a small battery of say 50KWH will take many days, probably weeks in the real world . Battery cars are a joke and this thing is utterly hilarious.
If this is the same group that made the solar RV I saw recently I'm hopeful that they can bring both vehicles to market. The RV was quite large, and folded down panels from the sides, so it can generate quite a lot of solar power. I can see this car as a pair with the camper, using it's cells to supplement it's own charging.
I'm curious as to how much energy the solar panels provide. The builder says it is totally solar powered, but I'm pretty sure that's with a few days taken to charge up the battery first. As a wild guess might I speculate it's about 10% of the battery per day? That would mean this car is getting around 12.6 km or 8 mi per kWh. That's pretty impressive.
I assume once this is out of the prototype stage the tubular frame will be covered by the interior. As it is, you can see how lightweight it is. I hope to see this in Europe soon.
I'd buy one. The offroading capability is really cool but it would also work as a regular city vehicle for people mainly driving short distances. Park it on the street, no need for chargers.
Kinda funny at 3:10 when he said solar power is everywhere, it sounds like mother nature had a problem with that statement!
I'd rather get an Aptera.
Aptera is a joke, now at $40k for a small 40 kWh battery in a three wheel vehicle to avoid safety buyers expect from modern automobiles.
Excellent. Solar cars need to be mainstream.
Fantastic!
Impressive, but we need to know how much of the 700 km distance is provided by solar and how much by the battery's autonomy.
battery 50kWh, wil be 350/450km range....the rest wil be solar power. 700km range wil be in Marokko dessert.
@@JW-urth But the 40kWh battery pack of Aptera is supposed to go 650 km. So?
ВОСТОРГ!!!
What is the discoloration (whitening) in the solar panels? Delamination possibly?
At what speed do you get 710 Kmeters? No BS
Electric vehicles are such a leap in efficiency over petrol vehicles there is no need to place solar panels on a vehicle. Unlike roof top solar they are not guaranteed to have the right placement or angle to the sun and they are further exposed to the hazards of the road. Efficiency means putting the money into roof top solar to charge your car and also benefit others by placing excess solar into the grid.
But if solar panels are very inexpensive, then why not place them on the roof to provide some benefits
Is this a joke?
What is the output of the panels under optimal conditions ?
What size is the battery pack?
How many miles per Kilowatt hour does the car achieve?
Has the car been crash tested?
Does the car have airbags?
Does the car have climate control?
Let me guess, the total power generated will be a few hundred watts so charging even a small battery of say 50KWH will take many days, probably weeks in the real world .
Battery cars are a joke and this thing is utterly hilarious.
That's a really weird knockoff of the Aptera.