Hindustan Times ( 09 Oct ) carries a news report titled
:
“ Solar Cars begin gruelling race across
Australian desert “
42 Solar powered cars will cover 3000 km ( Darwin to Adelaide ) ,
averaging speeds of 90 – 100 km / hour
!
Only for starting the race , external battery ( I suppose ,
Lithium-ion ) storage of 5 kwh is allowed
For the rest of the journey , cars must entirely depend on their Solar Panels .
There are no battery charging stations on that 3000 km route
!
Of course , since there is no sun to
charge the battery at night , cars stop at 5 pm
This made me wonder :
If these Solar powered “ Racing Cars “
can manage to cover 500 km
per day , without re-charging , solely depending upon continuous charging of their batteries
by the sun , then why cannot India adopt this technology for its ambitious
Electric Vehicle program ?
That made me search :
where I read :
“ 2017 will see the third running of this class, which is a tribute to
the inaugural event in 2013 which saw a four-seater family car travel over 3000 Km with
an external energy input of just 64 kWh ! ( to put this into
context, a modern family car returning around 5 ltr / 100 km would use an
energy equivalent of around 5000 kWh ! ) “
Dear Shri
Gadkariji / Shri Amitabh Kantji :
I believe the “ Electric Vehicle Road Map “ is about to be approved / released
How
different would that Road Map look like , if it does not require ANY BATTERY – CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE ?
No
need for millions of charging stations ? ( except for home-based charging
at night , during cloudy days / roadside shops offering swappable batteries )
ISRO has already demonstrated this technology , as
pointed out in my following blogs / emails :
SolarPanels charging Li-ion Batteries of Electric Cars ? [
04 May 2017 ]
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Not ToughAt All ! [ 08
May 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/05/not-tough-at-all.html
10 Oct 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
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Added on 05 April 2021 :
Extract :
In a record-breaking endeavor, Tuk Tuk Life (www.tuktuk.life) with the full technical support of Infinite Mobility (www.infinite-m.com) will travel 50,000km (over 31,000 miles) around the world to set several new world records for solar electric endurance.
As of today, the record is held by Nick Gough and Richard Sears where they achieved a tour of 42,000km (over 26,000 miles) over 16 months.
“This will be an exciting experience for Infinite,” commented Lupi Love, co-founder and CEO of the Norwegian tech company. He added, “Even though our product is designed for last-mile mobility, its potential goes beyond the urban environment. This adventure will help us collect performance data of our vehicle under this extreme endurance race. The analysis of the data will serve in the design enhancement of the next generation of our product. We are fully supporting Karl and his wife Santie in this adventure
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