Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

ubject: Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle. 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 ebi

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

12, 2015 9:50 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle. EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > This is a big assignment. We're talking about a 900lb 2-passenger (or > is it > 4-passenger?) vehicle tha

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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 t

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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.?? ___

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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, Winne

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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 wh

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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 4-pass

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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 efficient

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

From: Dan Baker via EV To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle. Well the the ratio of panel size to output power for the vehicle does vary upon speed and us

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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 cr

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

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. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [EVDL] What is needed to build a successful & practical solar vehicle.

On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV 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 least, a significant