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The Lightyear company claims the 782 solar cells across the car can add 70 km (43.5 miles) of range per day during summer. [6] [7] The aerodynamics of the vehicle were stated to produce a record-low drag coefficient of Cd=0.175. The car is all-wheel drive, with four in-wheel electric hub motors powered by a low-mounted battery. [8]
This list of prototype solar cars comprises multiperson, relatively practical vehicles powered completely or significantly by solar cells (panels or arrays, mounted on the vehicle) which convert sunlight into electricity to drive electric motors while the vehicle is in motion and have a homologation for public streets.
Nuna7 is a solar-powered racing car in the Nuna series built by the Dutch Nuon Solar Team. The team finished first with Nuna7 at the World Solar Challenge 2013, a race of 3000 km through the outback of Australia. The Nuon Solar Team consisted of 16 students of Delft University of Technology.
Solar panels on electric cars seem like a good idea, ... Solar-Powered Electric Car. John Voelcker. June 23, 2022 at 5:10 PM. ... A new electric car from a Dutch automaker does just that.
Nuna is the name of a series of crewed solar powered race cars that have won the World Solar Challenge in Australia seven times: in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2017. The vehicles are built by students who are part of the "Brunel Solar Team" (formerly Nuon Solar Team and Vattenfall Solar Team) at the Delft University of Technology in ...
Dutch university students recently embarked on a European road trip in the world’s first solar-powered mobile home.
The Nuna 5 is the 2009 model of the Nuna series solar-powered racing car built by the Dutch Nuon Solar Team. In October 2009, Nuna 5 ran second, in a field of twenty-five, in the World Solar Challenge in Australia. [1] [2] It completed the 3,021 km (1,877 mi) race in 32 hours 38 minutes, having an average speed of 91.9 km/h (57.1 miles/h). [3]
The Squad Solar is a neighborhood electric vehicle or microcar that has a solar panel on top to make it a solar car. The vehicle can also be plugged into a regular outlet to be powered by the grid . The vehicle is manufactured by Squad Mobility BV based in the Netherlands which was founded by Robert Hoevers and Chris Klok that previously worked ...