Do you think that buying an electric vehicle could reduce the payback time of a solar power system by 50%? Let us explore that. This is the story of a family in Pennsylvania who installed a 9.43 kW solar panel array to offset their electricity usage. They found themselves saving … [continued]
The Stanford team that’s working on its next solar-powered car for the annual solar car race across Australia recently dropped a bunch of updates on its blog. From one of the updates, I’ll simply drop some of their photos and a video below — for text on what they’ve … [continued]
Harry Atwater’s group at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been awarded $2.4 million by the U.S Department of Energy’s ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy) to develop 50% to 70% efficient solar cell technology. Impact of Solar Panel Efficiency on Functionality If this project is a … [continued]
PolyU’s department of EE has developed a system that enables air conditioning in cars to be left on even when the engine is off.
I-GO Car Sharing, a nonprofit car sharing organization in Chicago that I keep a close eye on (due to its leadership in the field), has now launched a $2.5-million electric vehicle (EV) project that will be the national leader in solar power for EVs (for now, at least). It’s adding 36 … [continued]
Last week, a car designed and built by University of South Wales students, the Sunwift IVy solar car, smashed the world solar car speed record. At the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra, the car was recorded going over 88 kmh (nearly 55 mph), beating the previous record of … [continued]
