Here is a video interview of the first car. Lawrence Rhodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3FPK0KNZuc ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Nickerson <[email protected]> To: Lawrence Rhodes <[email protected]>; Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car. I would really like to see a video of someone getting into and out of the car. It only stands 43 inches tall. I suspect you would have to be very flexible. Mike On January 31, 2016 12:00:54 PM MST, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >Please look at the thickness of the doors, the specifications & that >the car passed Dutch safety standards. This is a real vehicle which >though coming in second to the Japanese they won on points for comfort >& space inside their vehicle. If you look across the back seats you >will see a roll cage and a strong carbon fiber bulkhead. Lawrence >Rhodes URL below > > >http://sinovoltaics.com/technology/stella-lux-winner-of-world-solar-challenge-visits-shanghai/ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Peri Hartman <[email protected]> >To: Lawrence Rhodes <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 7:14 AM >Subject: Re[2]: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car. > >My statement and questions were more general. I was curious about >actually being able to build any 4 passenger (even 2 passenger) EV at >1000 pounds, not particularly a solar one. As David pointed out, to >make a legally marketable EV it has to meet a lot of safety >requirements >and have at least some creature comforts, too. That provides, indeed, >a >challenge to build something so light. > >Peri > > >------ Original Message ------ >From: "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: 31-Jan-16 1:30:57 AM >Subject: Re: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car. > >> Peri. You didn't read the article. Stella Lux used off the shelf >>specially encapsulated cells from Sunpower. Many of the components >are >>off the shelf. Since the vehicle has a small pack it is much cheaper >>to build. Much quicker to charge and it only takes 10 hours to charge >>on solar. 95% of the time a car is sitting. With solar panels it can > >>sit in the sun. The weight of the solar panels is negligible. Lots of > >>great things happen when you get light. Lawrence Rhodes >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160131/b7f8a621/attachment.htm> >>_______________________________________________ >>UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >>Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >>(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA >) >> >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
