Wind and Solar Powered Car
September 30, 2006 by Noel
Filed under Green Living
I know there are Solar powered car, but solar and wind powered? Hmm…that seems odd. This golf cart looking car is the self powered Venturi Eclectic. It is powered by a 22hp electric motor charged by solar cells mounted on its roof.
So where does wind powere come in? There is a force wheel that rotates by sheer wind power. It looks like your average wind turbine and it also charges the battery. A full day of wind charging can power this car for about 15km.
No sun and no wind? No problem, just plug it into a mains unit at home.
A completely charged NiMH battery provides a range of about 50km and allows the car to reach speeds of 50km/h. Not bad. Great for driving around the neighborhood or passing by a near grocery store.
This will go into production in June 2007 and will cost about 24,000 euros.
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I felt good about this post. It confirmed for me some of the things I’ve been thinking about.
bonjour jaimerais avoir vos prix sur le petit car mercie a l’avence Ghislain Cormier
Check out this affordable way to convert a golf cart to solar power. Leave the cart in the sun and save recharging energy. It also becomes a portable generator to plug in radios and small refrigerators in case of an emergency.
Its not possible to create more than 99.99..% Ect. you will always have some sort of loss. of power from one source, But using two sources. That a concept, that I would bet you that oil companys would pay to keep of the market. The electric car has been around just as long as the combustion type. Only difference is oil was cheaper back then, now electricity is, So why not go back to EV? Corporations, Oil companys, and Taxes, Not to include job loss. This would actually hurt the economy, thats why they are trying to find an alternative to GAS, and not a self efficient alternative. Think if everyone next year didnt need the power company, water company, oil company, If everyone went self efficient… Millions, Billions of jobs would be lost, nearly 50% of all jobs are in public works! Same reason robots could be a bad Idea. Only way is to do it yourself! Anything worth doing right is worth doing yourself. Thats what I did…
The conbustion engine has been outdated for 70 years.The oil and plastic,and auto industry will never be to convert to this idea.It is also possible to run a city the size of Chicago on 1 lightning bolt ,but we arn,t putting any dcollection rods in the lightning prone areas.
i think this car is worthy but the design itself resists the forward motion of the car because of the resistance from air. so the front side must be more like the racing car and more over we can operate car using the solar and wind power together at a time. to give more speed we can use 4 wheel powered car front wheel can be powered by the solar energy and rest by the wind. one think we can do is reduce the number of wheel to three that will eliminate the weight and unnecessary parts.solar panel can be added to the side and back of car not only on top. we need such technology that can reduce loss of energy while converting from one stage to another. i mean usually in the form of heat. i would like to work in this matter if anyone is willing to work on it.