Last Updated 12 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Sunswift, a team of engineering students from University of New South Wales have designed and built a fast solar-powered vehicle known as eVe. The vehicle has broken the 20-year -old electric vehicle record for the highest average speed over a 500 km (310 mi) distance.
The vehicle which goes at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour will be replaced with a fully charged battery instead of solar panels this week.
Car features
The design of the car is more conventional with a two-door and two passenger car making it almost street legal.
It is powered by a Li-ion battery pack that drives a pair of custom-designed motors with an astounding 97 per cent efficiency. The solar panel array has high efficiency flexible thin slim silicon PV cells providing 800 watts of power on a sunny day.
Regenerative braking replenishes the batteries, recovering up to 80% of the braking energy.
The TeXtreme carbon fiber body keeps the car’s weight at a trim 300 kg (661 lbs). Its wheels are made of carbon fiber (front) and aluminum (rear).
Lastly, the vehicle has been recorded in the Guinness World Record for its uniqueness in design unlike past spaceship vehicles.
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