Solar vehicles
Here's a link to a practical (off road) solar vehicle, on sale NOW. Amazingly, it uses lead acid batteries and DC motors. The motor does regen, but an AC version with lithium batteries would be awesome.
Solar Charging your Gorilla Electric Vehicle - also Hydro and Wind Power. |
I intend to eventually have what could be called a 'solar vehicle'.
My electric car, when finished? after that, I'll be working on wind and photovoltaic systems to place on the garage to charge the car when its not in use. Any EV could be a solar powered vehicle. Otmar Ebenhoech, who started up Cafe Electric(builds zilla controllers), has a battery electric Porsche 914 that can do 0-60 mph in 5 seconds, 13.8 second 1/4 mile drag race, and top 140 mph. Guess what he 'fuels' it with? Solar panels. Plugs the car in at home, charges it from the sunlight. Way more practical than carrying the panels on the vehicle. :) |
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On the other hand, a wind generator at home would work at night. |
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If you can score a set of military surplus NiCds, even better. Just don't turn your yard into a superfund site with those. |
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