Comments on: Solar-Powered Car For Families http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Ronald Brakels http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169950 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169950 I didn’t notice that when I read it, and I should know it’s a bit more than 300 kilometers from Darwin to Adelaide. I’m at the finish line so I’ll have to let you know how the World Solar Challange goes.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169940 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 07:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169940 yep, thanks, just caught that…

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169939 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 07:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169939 Great pics. :D

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169938 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 07:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169938 Yes, I find such cars much more interesting and fun. Much more interested in keeping an eye on them than the ones built simply for speed.

]]> By: Others http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169920 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 03:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169920 Shahan and all readers. Here is a good comparison.

Fisker Karma had photovoltaic panel on its roof and the company claimed that the panels can provide 2% of the car’s energy.

Karma is a very heavy car weighing 5,500 + pounds and also it has a short roof because of lengthy bonnet and trunk. Lets say if the PV Panel is installed on a Electric Van or Wagon without bonnet (since motor can be mounted on axle / wheeel) where the roof line is as long as the vehicle. If the vehicle is also very fuel efficient, then its possible that the PV Panel in that vehicle could give at least 10% of the vehicles energy.

Just calculate and see if its possible. Its just my guess.
Still we will need grid based power, still getting 10% from Sun is quite a lot of clean energy.

]]> By: Neil Blanchard http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169917 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 01:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169917 Thanks for the article Zachary. I think this type of solar car will become the mainstay of the race because they are so much more practical, and that grabs people’s attention, and sparks people’s imaginations.

This is the article with the best pictures of Stella:

http://www.designboom.com/technology/worlds-first-electricity-producing-solar-powered-family-car/

I will be very interested to follow this and other similar “real world” cars in this years solar race. I’ll be looking for more details like the capacity of the PV cells, and the consumption of the car at everyday speeds, and the capacity of the battery pack, the type and set up of the motors, etc.

Neil

]]> By: Arndt Ritter http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/06/solar-powered-car-for-families/#comment-169914 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53687#comment-169914 That’d be 3000km for the World Solar Challenge, not 300.

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