Family "sunny" sedan will go on a tour of Australia

Students from the Netherlands (Eindhoven University of Technology) created a car that they believe is an excellent example of using solar energy for a vehicle. The car, named Stella, looks a bit strange, but still not as strange as the overwhelming part of similar "sunny" cars. According to the developers, the car can travel a distance of up to 600 kilometers using a solar panel on the roof. Stella can carry four people.



In addition, Stella will participate in the current World Solar Challenge - this is something like a rally for cars on solar energy, which is held in Australia every two years. The length of the path to the World Solar Challenge is impressive: 3000 kilometers (from Darwin to Adelaide). This year the event will be held from 6 to 13 October. The purpose of the current "solar race" - to draw the attention of manufacturers to the possibility of creating commercial cars on solar energy, mainly - hybrids.

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Only hybrids are not in the sense that both the internal combustion engine and the electric motor are used. No, in this case it is meant to use charging from electro gas stations, plus charging directly from the sun. Stella does just that - about half of the energy needed for movement during a rally, she receives from her solar battery, and half from electric stations located along the way.







The body of the car, for its relief, is made of carbon and aluminum. The interesting thing is that the control panel in the car - touch, no buttons and other things. I would like to know, of course, how practical and reliable this is, but in October it will already become clear how good the idea of ​​the developers was. By the way, the “donut” has a feedback system - if the driver drives too fast, the steering wheel starts to react, so the driver has to slow down.







The authors of the project believe that it is already possible to create commercial versions of cars of the type indicated above. That is why they decided to develop their own car, and take part in the Australian "sunny" race.



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