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

[Mark Hastings]

One of the newer entries on the evalbum has them.
http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1068
only $1800s for a few. They don't mention how well it
helps their range. Looking at their specs it can't be
much.

Right now I have some on the hood of my S-15 that
recharge the 12 volt battery a little. But I also have
a DC/DC that turns on when the car is on. Since I only
have a very small <15 amphour battery the solar
wouldn't work on it's own. 



--- Lisa Korf <lkorf at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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