@aprnu@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoWorld’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Saharawww.designboom.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1284cross-posted to: engineering@sh.itjust.worksmechanical_engineering@lemmy.world
arrow-up1284external-linkWorld’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Saharawww.designboom.com@aprnu@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: engineering@sh.itjust.worksmechanical_engineering@lemmy.world
minus-square@abhibeckert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-27 months 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@nymwit@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-27 months 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.