Lawrence,
I took another, close look at the article. It is a very impressive
project and shows that it is possible to build a long range solar
vehicle. Not only that, it appears the group worked hard to build a
vehicle that one could imagine morphing into a production vehicle.
That said, I didn't see anything in the article (could be mentioned
elsewhere) that it p[assed Dutch safety standards. It does say "fully
road worthy in The Netherlands" but I doubt that's the same thing as
passing safety standards. It certainly isn't in the US, where each
model must go through destructive crash tests to get a rating.
I also believe there's a big market demand difference from building what
is essentially a 4 person sports car and a 4 person sedan. In the
Stella Lux, the bottom part of the doors appear to be thick, but the
thin - window - part might still be in the bumper height range of an SUV
or truck. Also the design is very prone to damage during parking and
other tight manipulations. The back corners of the PV roof look very
easy to get hit.
Still, I will be excited to see what the next iteration will produce.
They're on to something good.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Sent: 31-Jan-16 11:00:54 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] The reasons for a solar car.
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 <pe...@kotatko.com>
To: Lawrence Rhodes <primobass...@sbcglobal.net>; "ev@lists.evdl.org"
<ev@lists.evdl.org>; "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
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" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>; "ev@lists.evdl.org"
<ev@lists.evdl.org>
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
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