[ausev] Solar Car - Found this email on Bike mailing list

[Lisa Korf]

One of these panels would definitely fit on a car
rooftop and not be too heavy!  Too bad they are
$15000+ each!

Has anyone else had any luck with adding solar to
their EV's at a more reasonable cost?

Lisa

--- Brian Lasseter <blasseter.cmpe01 at gtalumni.org>
wrote:

> I'd recommend talking to DBK Solar.  They make some
> of the most
> efficient solar panels available at the moment. 
> They have single
> solar panels that can give you 3 kilo-watts on a
> good day.  [ 62" x
> 32" x 2.5" (L x W x D) @ 50 lbs weight ]
> http://www.dbksolar.com/JIL-3000.htm
> http://www.dbksolar.com/Specificatins.htm
> 
> So far as I can figure, one of these panels will be
> able to recharge
> my full size electric vehicle in about 6 hours of
> daylight.  (Granted,
> that's only 1 hour of driving per 6 hours of
> light... So that is not
> good enough for your solar race, but it's good
> enough for my commute.)
> 
> DBK Panel:  3000Watts * 6Hours = 18.000
> Kilo-Watt-Hours
> 
> 3400lb Car @ 68mph:  144Volts * 96Amps * 1Hour =
> 13.824 Kilo-Watt-Hours
> 
> I'm sure there are inefficiencies in putting energy
> into, and pulling
> energy from the battery... I don't have that
> information in front of
> me.  So in my back of the napkin calculations, I
> just figure I'll need
> a lot more input energy.  I'll be exploring this
> more as I get my car
> together.  The DBK panels would be able to provide
> all of the energy I
> need for my commute.  A more standard solar panel
> (like the Sharp 208W
> modules on my house) would only provide me 8% of the
> energy required
> for commuting.
> 
> 
> On 2/26/07, mike at mikeconwell.com
> <mike at mikeconwell.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, I'm Robert Wilson of Stony Point High
> School in Round Rock.
> > We have a team of roughly 6 members that is trying
> to create a solar
> > powered car. We'll use it for educational seminars
> and such, but it's
> > main purpose is to be raced to New York from Round
> Rock this summer in
> > the Dell Winston Solar Car  Challenge. Anyway, we
> were thinking of
> > using bike parts for part of the construction-
> wheels, tires and shocks
> > mainly, but if any idea comes up that would make
> the car more econimical
> > or efficient, we'd definitely consider that too.
> Is there anyone that
> > may be interested in helping us out a little?
> Anything helps really,
> > from technical advice to publicity or spare parts
> that you might have
> > handy. I have CAD drawings and any other
> information if you would like
> > it. Just for reference the car should weigh around
> 550-650 lbs (rough
> > est.). Thanks a lot!
> 
> 
> -- 
> TTFN,
> Brian "Lasso" Lasseter
> 
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