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All thanks to the partnership of Ford Motor and SunPower, buyers of Ford plug-in vehicles will be able to charge their cars with help of solar electricity, including the upcoming Ford Focus Electric.
Posts Tagged ‘Solar Powered Vehicle’
Ford Motor and SunPower: In Partnership to Produce Solar Charging Stations
Monday, August 29th, 2011Nissan Leaf: A Vehicle Powered By Solar Energy
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Nissan Leaf
Nissan, the giant automaker, has come up with the idea of charging its new Nissan Leaf model by solar power. This step has been taken to improve electric storage systems. Although Nissan Leaf has good response in Japan, the company is looking for next five year plan when ageing Leaf will offer best business opportunities to use lithium-ion batteries for storing electricity. (more…)
A new hope for Solar Powered vehicles: Zero Fuel Solar Airplane that flies at night!
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
HB-SIA On Flight
There seems to be a refreshing new hope for all of us interested on entering a new era of efficient, renewable and non-contaminating energies. For some of us, Solar Power stands as the best candidate.
This new hope is brought by SOLAR IMPULSE, a project founded by Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and aeronaut and André Borschberg, an engineer and graduate in management science. For seven years, a team of 50 engineers and technicians have been working on the HB-SIA solar aircraft, a zero fuel and completely solar powered aircraft that is able to flight at night.