Completely agree with this approach, with one addition: 3D modeling
software.
Design your vehicle and test it before you build it. EAA can help you
there as well.
Cheers!
Peter
On 2/14/15 12:00 AM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
My father has (a long time ago) built several custom
My father has (a long time ago) built several custom windsurf boards
with that method of shaping a light foam core and then skinning it with
glassfiber or Kevlar embedded in thin epoxy layers. It is even user-repairable,
although never as beautiful as before.
Cor van de Water
Chief Scientist
I don't know if this is still going on, but photos of the minimalist
vehicles powered purely by PV mounted to the vehicles may provide ideas. No
batteries or any other energy storage devices allowed on vehicle.
Official Solar Drag Race Website-
http://users.applecapital.net/~jim/solardragrace.htm
As far as I know the Xof1 car still holds the long distance record, at 35,000
km. Canadian Marcelo Da Luz and numerous volunteers and helpers built a
purely solar powered car and drove it all over the U. S. and Canada
beginning in 2008. Marcelo drove it from Niagara Falls to Chicago, Bemidji,
I found some of theses Ev scooter used, with just a few k on them, but
they have a such a small battery pack . I'd like to know what voltage
this pack is, I'm sure I could build a pack with the extra LFP cells,
increase my range.
Ideas or where I could find this info.??
On 13 Feb 2015 at 22:27, test model via EV wrote:
I found some of theses Ev scooter used, with just a few k on them, but
they have a such a small battery pack . I'd like to know what voltage
this pack is ...
You haven't provided enough info here. Someone might be able to help, if
you'd
It is clear that it is possible to build a practical solar vehicle. The
formula is 55wh per mile consumption. 1.2kw solar panel. 850 pound weight.
16kw battery pack. Range 500 miles. The vehicle must be aerodynamic. Have the
proper motor, wheels carry 4 passengers with a trunk. It's been
On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
It is clear that it is possible to build a practical solar vehicle.
Not only that, it's downright common. I'd venture to suggest that the majority
of EVs on the road today are probably solar powered. At the very
Not going to happen. The 11 x 7 patch on the roof of the solar vehicle stays.
I'm not accepting any it can't be done statementsnext. Lawrence Rhodes...I
don't care how ugly. I'm making a copy of Stella.
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Well the the ratio of panel size to output power for the vehicle does vary
upon speed and usage. As a builder of a an on-board solar powered boat I
have had great success with it - 4 years worth :-) My Firefly's motors (
http://www.evalbum.com/3432) are only about 800 watts total power from my
Lawrence,
For practicalities sake, I think 77ft^2 (7m^2) is a hard sell for getting
much travel done. Just roughing it out, (and a person can take some
exception with any of these) a meter squared is good for maybe 1000W of
incoming sun. For maybe 8 hours a sunny day and less over a year - call
Hi Dale and All, With panels so cheap why not
use enough to cruise at least 6mph. sunelec , others have them $.50-.80/wt.
Or put a full 2-3kw on it and connect it to your home powering it
when not motoring would be useful, cool. A new
Lawrence started a similar thread, inspired by the Stella solar vehicle,
back in September.
http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble-td4671785|a4671794
He received pretty much the same replies then as now.
This is a big assignment. We're talking about a 900lb 2-passenger (or is it
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
This is a big assignment. We're talking about a 900lb 2-passenger (or is it
4-passenger?) vehicle that reportedly runs on 55Wh/mi. That's about 2.5 to
3 times my ebike's energy use, but the Stella weighs in at 18 times the
bike's mass! It's also rolling on 4
Lawrence Rhodes wrote:
It is clear that it is possible to build a practical solar
vehicle.
Possible, yes. Practical? That's the hard one.
Practical means different things to different people. A solar-powered EV
is not going to be a normal car; it will have to be exceedingly light
and
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