Students’ solar-powered camper van turns heads on 1,800-mile road trip
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#2I wonder how they got to 450 miles a day on solar. I remember the Prius solar roof option would only give you a couple of miles a day in ideal circumstances. This camper has more panels but that’s still a bit jump to 450 miles.
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#3I wonder how they got to 450 miles a day on solar. I remember the Prius solar roof option would only give you a couple of miles a day in ideal circumstances. This camper has more panels but that’s still a bit jump to 450 miles.
By going downhill.
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#5A better article with more technical information, but in Dutch:
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/186696/tu-eindhoven-toont-zonnec...
Seems it can drive 180 km on a sunny day using the panels alone. The batteries can hold an (additional) charge of 600 km.
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#6Love to see stuff like this.
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#7I love projects like these because they show the sheer power of the light that hits the Earth.
Of course I don't count on such vehicles ever becoming popular, but it's great to know that nowadays you can put panels on your rooftop, which are not only cheaper per Watt, but also provide 50% more power per unit area than what was available just a decade ago.
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#8I wonder how they got to 450 miles a day on solar. I remember the Prius solar roof option would only give you a couple of miles a day in ideal circumstances. This camper has more panels but that’s still a bit jump to 450 miles.
Way more panels, as seen in this image [1] and shown on specs [2] as 17.5 m^2 of panels unfolded.
[1] https://images.prismic.io/solarehv/62d397ae-9839-4d31-b316-a...
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#9The article says the trip is "an 1,800-mile (3,000km) road trip across western Europe".
Are you allowed to drive around in self built vehicles in Europe? Or did they convince all countries they cross to give them a special permit?
How does that even work? When the polic stops them and says "The papers of the car please", they say "Hey, check this out, we have a letter from your chancellor who says we are cool to do this". Then how would the police even know how to check if that is legit?
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#10The article says the trip is "an 1,800-mile (3,000km) road trip across western Europe". Are you allowed to drive around in self built vehicles in Europe? Or did they convince all countries they cross to give them a special permit? How does that even work? When the polic stops them and says "The papers of the car please", they say "Hey, check this out, we have a letter from your chancellor who says we are cool to do t…
In the UK at least, as long as you meet the requirements for road safety (which are remarkably little, for custom cars), you can register custom vehicles on the road. We have a wonderful history of insane people building cars in their sheds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DGtf7asP8I