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E-Bike - Just solar energy is enough (http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/e-bike-just-solar-energy-is-enough/) - In the recent Trade Fair held in China a solar powered E-Bike was spotted. The pinion seat has been replaced by a Solar Panel Array and the two panels fold down once the carrier comes into motion. (EcoFriend; Jan. 22, 2008)

Solar car could hit market soon (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/12/30/2003394830) - A compact solar-powered vehicle developed in Taiwan could be on the market within a year. The 250kg two-seater travels at up to 70kph, can be charged with just a few hours sunlight and can power the car for three hours. It is half the weight and costs half the price of solar-powered city roamers on some European markets. (Taipei Times; Dec. 30, 2007)

Solar-powered bus debut (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/13/tindo-solar-powered-bus-makes-its-debut-in-adelaide/) - Designline International (http://www.designlineinternational.com/) made the Tindo solar powered electric bus for the Adelaide City Council (http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/tindo) in Australia. The bus will be recharged using a solar photovoltaic system located at the central station, is air-conditioned and can carry up to 42 passengers. (AutoblogGreen; Dec. 13, 2007)

Solar taxi trying to circle the globe (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/06/solar-taxi-trying-to-circle-the-globe/) - Solartaxi (http://solartaxi.com/) is a sun-fueled vehicle that set out from Switzerland to circumnavigate the globe. The three-wheeled, two-seater tows a trailer with extra solar panels bringing the total cell area up to 65 sq. ft. Now in Bali for the UN climate conference, it will be in the U.S. in 2008. (AutoblogGreen; Dec. 6, 2007)

Solar-Powered Turtle Airships (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/turtle_airships.php) - To a shell of aluminum, titanium, or stainless steel around a helium-filled inner skin, Darrell Campbell envisages depositing amorphous thin film photovoltaic cells to drive motors that used super-conducting magnets in lieu of copper wire. Biodiesel generators would provide back-up power. (TreeHugger; Oct. 26, 2007)

Standard Auto Converted to Solar (http://www.physorg.com/news113135176.html) - A group in Japan has developed a conversion package to transform a Mazda Roadster into a solar powered vehicle. They remove the engine and gas tank, replace them with a battery and an electric motor and place solar panels across the hood. It can go 19 miles at up to 62 MPH with a fuel savings of roughly $1,600 per year. (PhysOrg; Nov. 1, 2007)

ZAP solar electric Xebra Xero (http://www.gizmag.com/go/6945/) - ZAP (http://www.zapworld.com/) has designed a solar option for the three-wheeled electric Xebra Xero (http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=3804) - a photovoltaic panel that ZAP says can offer short-distance driving on sunlight alone. The Xebra is a city car, available as a 4-door sedan or 2-passenger truck, for city driving up to 40 mph and will cost about US$12,000 with the Xero Solar Panel Option. (Gizmag; Mar. 7, 2007)

Venturi Automobiles - Features three electric models, including the Eclectic -- an urban 3-seater electro-solar or wind vehicle is the first production energy-autonomous vehicle in history. Eclectic takes advantage of moments of immobilisation to store energy in its NiMH batteries. It offers a range up to 50 km at a speed of 50 km/hr and can also be recharged from the grid in 5 hours. Production of 20 vehicles has commenced and 200 will be launched in June 2007.

Venturi Automobiles - 2-seater tandem electro-solar Astrolab vehicle uses photovoltaic cells covered by a film of nano-prisms concentrating solar energy to recharge NiMH batteries. It has a range of 110 km and a top speed of 120 km/hr. Solar recharging provides a daily range of 18 km or it can be recharged from the grid in 5 hours. First delivery is scheduled for January 2008.

SolarVehicles.org (http://www.solarvehicles.org/) - Free plans for building a solar powered electric vehicle with a top speed of 25 to 40 km/h, made possible by recent advances in solar modules, batteries and magnetic drives. Parts source list included. See also UprightSolar (http://www.uprightsolar.com/).

Grassroots Electric Vehicles (http://www.grassrootsev.com/solar.htm) - Solar Cycle is licensed as a motorcycle with three wheels. It seats two comfortably and has room in the back for provisions. It uses a 9' pancake motor, ultra light aluminum and plastic frame and body, and goes 0 to 60 in under 10 seconds.

SUNN - solar powered car kit - uses no fuel (http://www.sunnev.com/) - You can custom design and build your own car which can be driven on roads with a speed limit of less than 35 MPH (in states that have a low speed vehicle law). The car is recharged from the sun or can be plugged in, and has a top speed of 25 MPH with a range of 12 miles. Starter kits as low as $2,900.

SunVee Solar Utility Neighborhood Vehicle (http://www.sunvee.com/) - The Sunmobile is based on a four-wheeled pedalling "bike", called a Rhoades Car (http://www.rhoadescar.com/), converted into a solar electric powered vehicle. It is charged with the photovoltaic panels mounted as a roof canopy/sun shade, will travel at up to 30 mph, and has a range of up to 30 miles.

Convert A Golf Cart To Solar Power (http://www.metaefficient.com/archives/ebikes/convert-a-golf-cart-to-solar-power.html) - Cruise Car (http://www.cruisecarinc.com/) has a new product called the Sunray Solar Roof Kit, which will allow most golf carts to become solar powered vehicles. It increases the distance the cart can go on a single charge by 30%. Cruise Car also sells solar-powered small vehicles. (MetaEfficient)

Solamo (http://www.solar-more.com/) - Solarmobil (http://www.solar-more.com/solarmobilengl.htm) is a standard golfcar converted to run on solar energy from overhead PV panels that is stored in batteries, so you only have to recharge from a socket in emergencies. It can be street legal in some areas if speed-limited.

Solar Electrical Vehicles (http://www.solarelectricalvehicles.com) - With the SEV rooftop solar charging system and supplemental battery, the Toyota Prius can operate up to 20 miles per day in electric mode. It provides up to 29% improved fuel economy depending on driving habits, road speed and conditions, and doesn't require plugging in for charging.

Solatec (http://www.solatecllc.com/) - Rooftop-mounted, flexible Solar Photovoltaic Panel Kit.

Lapp Renewables (http://www.lapprenewables.com/hybrid%20project.html) - The Photovoltaic Hybrid Car Project

Solar Van (http://www.solarvan.co.uk/) - Bedford Rascal van with a blown engine was converted to electric motor with Li-ion batteries. Rooftop solar PV panels provide 10% of the daily energy and a stowable wind turbine (http://www.solarvan.co.uk/wind.htm) could make the vehicle energy independent on a sunny but windy day. Maximum speed is 50 mph and range is 75 miles.

Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute's Solar-Powered Underwater Vehicles (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/12/0157247) (Slashdot; Dec. 11, 2004)

American Electric Vehicles (http://aevehicles.com/) - High performance off road vehicles developed for the military are now available for commercial sale. These vehicles feature high performace, large lithium-polymer battery packs and have a high performance motor. Rugged solar panels, with full recharge in 5 days. Machine guns not available.

New World Record at Solar Drag Race (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/06/new-world-recor.html) - The South Whidbey Team dragster set a new world record of 29.5 seconds for the quarter-kilometer distance at the third annual Solar Drag Race (http://users.applecapital.net/~jim/solardragrace.htm) in Wenatchee, Washington this past weekend. Vehicles participating in the Solar Drag Race can only use solar panels for power—no batteries or pre-charged devices are allowed. (Green Car Congress; Jun. 25, 2007)

Solar-electric Mowers & Tractors (http://www.motherearthnews.com/Livestock-and-Farming/2006-08-01/Solar-electric-Mowers-Tractors.aspx) - A farmer has converted six farm tractors to run on rechargeable batteries and electric motors, rather than a gas or diesel engine. Some carry their own power source: a canopy of solar panels suspended over the machine. They generate less than a kilowatt, but for planting and harvesting, that’s enough to run the tractor. (Mother Earth News; Aug/Sep 2006)

Don's Solar Scooter (http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/PV/pvscooter.htm) - Here are a set of plans for a street legal, affordable, and dependable solar powered scooter from Don Dunklee. The PV panels fold in for driving, and out for charging. Don rides the scooter 5 miles to work each day, and can fold the panels out for charging the battery while parked at work. (Build It Solar)

Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars (http://www.physorg.com/news93089585.html) - Scientists believe that Sky-Sailor will reach the inner orbit of Mars within a decade or two. In 2005 a prototype achieved a continuous flight time of five hours, with a 24-hour flight test planned for the summer of 2007. With a lithium-ion polymer battery the plane can fly all night and during cloudy or foggy conditions, all on solar power. (PhysOrg; Mar. 14, 2007)

Solar Flight (http://www.solar-flight.com/) - SUNSEEKER, a manned solar powered aircraft, has an electric motor, planetary gearbox, a folding propeller and 40 lbs of Lithium batteries installed in the wings. It was flown from Ramona to Tehachapi and back, over the Mojave Desert, San Gabriel mountains, Ontario, and Lake Elsinore. Flight time on the return was less than 3.5 hours.

A Solar Race Around the World (http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/12/2243222) - In Switzerland, two teams are vying to be the first to circle the globe in a solar powered vehicle--one team in a boat (PlanetSolar (http://www.planetsolar.org/)), the other in an airplane (Solar Impulse (http://www.solarimpulse.com/)), capable of taking off under its own power and flying all night. (Slashdot; May 12, 2006)

transatlantic21 (http://www.transatlantic21.ch/index.php?id=106&L=1) - "sun21" is a 14-meter-long electric catamaran powered exclusively by solar energy that will undertake the first motorized crossing of the Atlantic without using a drop of gasoline. It will leave Spain the end of November 2006 and is due to arrive in New York in May 2007.

Solar-powered 42-passenger boat (http://www.gizmag.com/go/6997/) - The SolarShuttle solar powered electric boat, designed by SolarLab (http://www.solarlab.org/), is entirely pollution-free and silent running. It can carry 42 passengers in all daylight conditions, has reserve power for night-time running and even generates surplus energy that can be fed back into the national grid. (Gizmag; Mar. 17, 2007)

MW-Line (http://www.mwline.ch/) - The Aquabus 1050 electrosolar boat can transport 24 passengers on lakes and rivers or up to 5 km offshore in silence, cleanliness and comfort. It is equipped with electrical propulsion and modern solar panels to provide operating costs that are 40 times less than with a Diesel engine.

Solar Sailor (http://www.solarsailor.com/) - Hybrid marine power combines conventional engines with Solar Wing technology utilising solar & wind energy. Depending on weather conditions, these two sources are used simultaneously or singularly. Fuel consumption and emissions are reduced by nearly 50%.

Solemar (http://www.seacleaner.com/solemar/index-eng.htm) - Passengers' ships and pleasure boats exclusively powered by solar energy.

Solar Nautic (http://www.solarnautic.de/en/index.html) - The 8.40 m solar-powered house boat is driven by an electric motor and a complete on-board solar set, becoming energy independent.

Thera-P-Products (http://www.therapyproducts.com/products_sunnybike.html) - The E-V Sunny Bicycle is the first all solar electric bicycle driven completely from power derived from the sun’s rays. It has solar panels built right into the wheels, maintaining a constant charge to the batteries. The bike is propelled by a 500 watt front hub motor that drives the bike to speeds up to 30 km/hr.

Solar Trike (http://www.solartrike.com/) - The Sun-E-Trike solar powered recumbant bike is a low cost alternative to an automobile that is fun and easy to ride, street legal, and no license is required. It goes 13 to 32 mph with a 10 to 25 mile range and under average use is maintenance free.

Kevin's Solar Electric Bike (http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Vehicles/KevinEBike.htm) - I have built my own electric solar-cycle with a layout I haven't seen before, the solar panels double up as mud guards, and I have made my own battery packs using 13ah ni-mh cells. I reckon it does 12 miles WITHOUT pedaling.

Solar Electric Bicycle Project (http://www.gotwind.org/solar_electric_bicycle_project.htm) - The addition of my 12v 500Ma (5w) solar panel with a 1 amp inline fuse connected was all that was needed to charge my bikes battery. If on a cloudy day I need more charging power I hook the battery to my 100w wind generator.

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