Right now, it does look like something that would have come out of a science fiction movie. But there is more to just how it looks. The newest solar race car that the MIT has created has got the goods that will make most owners of alternative energy vehicles drool.
The Solar Electric Vehicle Team of the university is the group behind this newest solar race car. They say that this ride can zoom by at speeds of 90 miles per hour. They had spent $243,000 on this one and they call it Eleanor. Just like the vehicle that Nicolas Cage …read more

Marcelo Da Luz has one goal in mind and that is to tell the whole world about the benefits of solar power and that there is such a thing as solar power. After all, many people realize that the sun is there and it is powerful however what they do not know is that it is really something that can help them lessen their energy bills.
What Da Luz has done was go on a solar tour by driving around the country in his solar car. His car looks odd though because it is said to be like a UFO of …read more

If something unusual came your way, what do you do? Do you just not even think about it? Or would you ogle at it to get as much details as you can?
Well, a lot of people did the second option. They sure did get interested when a solar car came driving down the roads of Brookings in Oregon. See, what is quite different about this solar car is the fact that it is shaped quite unusually. You can say that it is like a race car from the Formula One but it also has been blended in with the shape …read more

Well, in the previous blog post, it was about a solar car being the weapon that Toyota has in the auto industry. The thing now is that there are plenty of rumors going about and they are all talking about this solar car that Toyota is cooking up for the industry. And in one recent report I read, the model is a Prius and it is going to get some upgrades so much so that it runs on solar energy.
According to some of the reports over the internet, the solar powered Toyota Prius is going to have solar panels which …read more

In recent news in the auto industry, car manufacturers are actually losing a good amount of sales because of the current financial situation. And that is why these business people are trying to create a product that the public would devour.
For Japanese car maker, Toyota, their secret weapon is actually a vehicle that is going to run using solar power. Of course, this is just a rumor and it has yet to be confirmed as of present. However, what is being said in the industry right now is that this solar car from Toyota is what the public is going …read more

Since Louis Palmer had started his journey around the world riding in a car that run using the power of the sun, we all have been hearing bits and pieces of news of how things are going for him and just how far along has he gone. Now, it is very inspiring to think that this Swiss adventurer has already completed his trip. Yes. Louis Palmer has completed the journey around the world in his solar car.
The tour ended for Palmer and on the last leg of his trip, he had stopped at a talk that the United Nations was …read more

All he had to do was make through the roads of Canada in the fastest time possible. It may sound simple but it is not. After all, you would never know what is coming up those roads. But Marcelo da Luz had been able to set a new world record. This Canadian was able to complete 15,000 kilometers in a solar car and he made that in 140 days.This record was actually held previously by an Australian team and that happened back in 2002. However, that is now broken and da Luz is the current title holder. He used a …read more

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, …read more