@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWorld’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Saharawww.designboom.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1283
arrow-up1283external-linkWorld’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Saharawww.designboom.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoPretty sure it didn’t take long - it has a top speed of 145km/h or 90mph. Although some of the roads they took were pretty rough and might not be much faster than walking speed at times even in a gas powered car.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoIt took a month. The guardian article on this made the rounds a month or two ago. You just can’t get enough via solar to run continuously. It has a big battery for sure. Charging rate is just super low. Edit: please excuse me. 1.5 weeks, not a month.
Pretty sure it didn’t take long - it has a top speed of 145km/h or 90mph.
Although some of the roads they took were pretty rough and might not be much faster than walking speed at times even in a gas powered car.
It took a month. The guardian article on this made the rounds a month or two ago. You just can’t get enough via solar to run continuously. It has a big battery for sure. Charging rate is just super low.
Edit: please excuse me. 1.5 weeks, not a month.