Solar powered off road vehicle
 

An article from The Guardian about an off-road vehicle that is solar powered:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/solar-powered-off-road-car-stella-terra-finishes-620-mile-test-drive-across-north-africa

Just read about that, too - great result, as a crash tester by trade I'd love to see more lightweight vehicles on the streets rather than the current heavyweights, and solar power seems like a no-brainer if it becomes financially viable :)

I thought that the article is a little sketchy in places. When it was discussing the improvements in the efficiency of the various components it identified the inverter and that it was now 97% efficient - it then slips into discussing the solar panel efficiency with the implication that they were 97% efficient - this is a little difficult to believe compared to the most efficient on the market being 45% efficient

I would be happy to be wrong though.

If this can be done for a car then a light weight solar motorbike.....

Yeah I had to re-read that ... it's not going to be 97% solar panels, only a couple of months ago there was lauding of cheap 35% panels being worked out, the 45% ones are supposed to be super expensive.

Not a bike, but there's a solar heavy quadricycle in late development in the Netherlands :) I think motorbikes are going to be relegated to external charging until we get 97% efficient panels, lol