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This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by AutoReportNG: 6:29am On Apr 17, 2018 |
While our students here in Nigeria are busy dancing shaku shaku, following up BBNaija and so many unfruitful ventures, their counterparts around the world are making a great impact to make the world a better to live. Emerging from the prototype vehicles lab (otherwise known as PROVE Lab) at California Polytechnic state university, a group of students has created the first vehicle designed only to break the solar-powered land speed record. the solar car is named ‘dawn’ and is designed to reach 65mph without any battery. The vehicle, which is the result of two and half years of work, was designed using hundreds of hours of simulation, with some wind tunnel testing for the aerodynamics. The entire vehicle produces only a few kg of aerodynamic drag and is powered entirely by a 2kW solar array, which means there are no batteries used in the car unlike other solar cars designed for races across America or Australia. The vehicle has no steering wheel, and getting in and out of the car involves the top half pitching up and forward, like the hatch to a science-fiction creation. The team chose 605 individual SunPower solar cells to create their array – The same that were used to fly the solar impulse II aircraft around the world. these are similar to the kind that is often seen on rooftops around the world and are fairly inexpensive technology in 2018. Every part of the car was designed and built by students including the software. Most of the car’s construction is aerospace-grade carbon fiber, meaning that even with a driver the vehicle weighs less than 200kg in total, allowing it to rest on high-performance bicycle wheels rather than conventional vehicle tires which would produce more resistance. a special flap on the upper surface (hidden by solar cells) will deploy if a sensor detects the car is starting to take off the ground at speed and will kill the lift to keep the car on the ground and the driver safe. Source: https://www.autoreportng.com/2018/04/this-solar-powered-car-built-by.html Lalasticlala Seun Marpol Mynd44 3 Likes
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Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by AutoReportNG: 6:29am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Whats your take on this? More pictures here https://www.autoreportng.com/2018/04/this-solar-powered-car-built-by.html |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by GAZZUZZ(m): 6:30am On Apr 17, 2018 |
waiting to see the pics o! 6 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by DuruCrusher(m): 6:34am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Me tio |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by AutoReportNG: 6:34am On Apr 17, 2018 |
GAZZUZZ: Fixed!!! |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by DuruCrusher(m): 6:34am On Apr 17, 2018 |
I no like am joor Meanwhile 20 Likes 1 Share
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Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by DrPurple(m): 6:40am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Nice One. Would Not Mind Having This Type In Nigeria... |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Aldebaran(m): 6:48am On Apr 17, 2018 |
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Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Nobody: 7:02am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Aldebaran: 2 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Lincoln275(m): 7:14am On Apr 17, 2018 |
ok |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by tokrizy: 7:16am On Apr 17, 2018 |
poo cant be used in 9ja..so i don't like it |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Jeezuzpick(m): 7:17am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Aldebaran: I'm sure that happened before the guy was born, so..... He may be correct in his experience. 24 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by KingsJohnson(m): 7:17am On Apr 17, 2018 |
I don't even understand this car sef |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by cyborg123(m): 7:18am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Nice development. |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Nobody: 7:18am On Apr 17, 2018 |
KingsJohnson: |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by noble2faith(m): 7:18am On Apr 17, 2018 |
DuruCrusher: No no no no Since I was born I have never seen president's wife pregnant 2 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by SmartMugu: 7:19am On Apr 17, 2018 |
"The vehicle has no steering wheel"? Goodluck to those that will ride in it, not me. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Onechancearmy(m): 7:20am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Nkemtreasure: 7:22am On Apr 17, 2018 |
OP, did you notice the number of sponsors on the body of the car? Nigerian students can do more but the only thing our people here sponsor is Big Brother, Beauty contest, who dance pass etc. when you (Govt and Private companies) don't promote education, we raise nonentities and mediocre. Our people need sponsors 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by akum78: 7:23am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Lol ... Nice One |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Onechancearmy(m): 7:25am On Apr 17, 2018 |
AutoReportNG: Well, if they can modify the chassis and bodywork of the car to make it more practical and ergonomic for the average driver who just wants to drive his kids to school and perform normal everyday tasks with his car, then I can see it having a huge impact on the auto market. My only worry is that both oil companies and the manufacturers of cars that run on fossil fuels will try all kinds of underhand schemes to sabotage this idea because it will destroy their profits. 4 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by nNEOo(m): 7:26am On Apr 17, 2018 |
It sleek n futuristic... What can blacks be compared with d white with |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by AutoReportNG: 7:27am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Onechancearmy: Well said, I agree with you, but we can't because of excuses and fear of saboteurs deter us from doing anything, at least let's start something... 3 Likes |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Lusewe: 7:31am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Great work |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by ZarahBuhari: 7:39am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Nice but we need more images because I don't understand what's happening here |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by neonly: 7:43am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Na buhari cause d youth dey jobless oooooo |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Blakjewelry(m): 7:46am On Apr 17, 2018 |
there is nothing new and special this car. |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by kuuljay(m): 7:49am On Apr 17, 2018 |
I thought o saw CALPOLY,calabar poly |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by Prudencey: 7:50am On Apr 17, 2018 |
cyborg123: |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by dominique(f): 7:51am On Apr 17, 2018 |
Am I the only one not seeing any car here? Looks like a giant skateboard |
Re: This Solar-Powered Car Built By Students Can Reach 100km/h With No Battery by ultron12345: 7:54am On Apr 17, 2018 |
our useless Nigerian engineers will not see this one to do....... all they know is how to fight doctors. 1 Like |
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