Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels
The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.
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Scania Tests Its First Solar-Powered Trucks, Sees The Technology To Grow
SCANIA recently began tests on a solar-powered truck, a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid truck with 100 square meters of solar panels wrapping a trailer. This unique setup now being tested on public roads in Sweden is a result of a two-year research collaboration between Scania and industry and academic partners. The … [continued]
Sono’s Sion Solar Car Fights For Survival
CleanTechnica has been covering the Sono Sion for years. We’ve interviewed company officials, covered the reveal of the car, and followed the company as it worked its way from development to production. But, now we’re sad to report that the company is in a struggle for its life as it … [continued]
Solar-Powered Vehicles From Solarolla
“I’m part of a grass roots solar vehicle production company in Ashland OR, called Solarolla (www.solarolla.com),” Daniel & the Solarolla team wrote.
Are Solar Vehicles Becoming Viable?
Recently, Toyota announced a special research and development project. With Sharp and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), it has put a special test vehicle together that uses solar panels to generate almost 1 kW of energy during daylight hours, whether the vehicle is driving or sitting.
Clean Transport Link Bonanza!
Following up on our solar power link bonanza and wind power + other cleantech link bonanza, here’s a clean transport link bonanza to catch the other major clean car and bike stories we didn’t cover this past week: Clean (or Cleaner) Cars Stanford’s 2012-2013 Solar Car Project Is Getting … [continued]
Hypermilers/Ecodrivers, 1-Million-Mile Driver, & More (VIDEOS)
One of our readers was recently featured in a series of videos on “hypermilers” — folks who take energy-efficient driving to a level most of us never dreamed of. Our reader, Neil Blanchard, is featured in this first video. His vehicle is decked out with all sorts of improvements … [continued]
Solar-Powered Community Transporters in Florida
I love finding great clean energy news from my home state of Florida, and even more so from my home city of Sarasota. For some reason, it makes it all seem a little more real, a little more significant, and a little more widespread to me. News from Florida now … [continued]
