Solar-Power: Vehicle Style

At Saturday's SolarRock 3 festival, the emphasis was definitely on utilizing solar power for homes, but a couple of vehicles were hard to miss:

 

 

 

 

This car gets a boost from the photovoltaic panel on top - giving it a range of 26 miles per day on a full battery charge.  While that wouldn't get me very far into my average day as a REALTOR - it would definitely be more than adequate to get from home to the office & back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a little better view of the panel used to take advantage of the day's sun to extend the range of the batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 miles on a single charge at 35-40 mph?  Not bad.  I don't know how much this vehicle costs, but have a sneaking suspicion is is quite a bit less than the Tesla electric sportscar's $100k price tag!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No...I haven't gone goofy on you - the bicycle isn't solar powered...but it does provide a good way to tow the trailer behind it that charges the batteries stowed conveniently in the baskets on either side of the rear wheel now doesn't it?