Lightyear One solar powered electric car - exclusive first look | Fully Charged
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2019
- Robert Llewellyn gets an exclusive first look at the Lightyear One hyper-efficient luxury sedan, a partially solar powered electric car. And gets to experience it as one of the first passengers!
When Solar Team Eindhoven won the world solar challenge in Australia driving a 4 seater 100% solar powered car over 3,000 kilometers, no one would have believed that a handful of years later they could come up with this.
The Lightyear One. A spacious hyper efficient partially solar powered electric car.
We know the future is electric, could it be solar electric?
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I find enormous satisfaction watching energy efficient vehicles get recognition it deserves
Get the recognition it deserves? Random music video will get 10000 times more views than this.
And if this get too powerfull, they will be destroyed by the oil/petrol lobbies. Don't dream too much.
Oil/petrol companies are quite fat. Think of household products and many components of an ICE car or an EV car, they are all made of oil. They need to trim a bit their slice of pie. In the long run the oil/petrol will became quite scarce, people will find a replacement.
andrew sumale was looking for those exact words !!
@@r.briquet1117
If big oil was so powerful, they would somehow have killed the solar panel industry. They likely had a hand in killing the first real EV, the GM EV-1. All drivers of that car was only allowed to lease that car. Nobody was allowed to own one. Many wealthy celebrities who could obviously afford it wasn't allowed to own it. Eventually, all of the lease agreements were called in and the EV-1 was actually crushed. Only a few of them exist as museum pieces. That was a good while ago. Big oil had a much more powerful stance then. The future is renewable energy. Even BP has wind farms providing electricity.
the Fisker Karma solar roof only added 200miles distance per year! Has the technology improved this much?!
That car, and many derivatives of it, would go incredibly well throughout most of Australia!
Did he say 10 to 20 km/hr charging on the battery. This car would drive me to work on a sunny day and have charged more than my return trip and then some. I'd only have to plug it in on long trips. This is definitely how we have to go.
Suddenly everyone wants a parking spot out of the shade
@@dr00by say goodbye to garages
@@dr00by they still charge in the shadows, but not as optimal. You don't have to think about it really
In theory yes but it's Australia so.... No.
Thank you for showcasing another of the smaller companies making HUGE innovations.
It truly warms my heart
How calm and cool these entrepreneurs look ? And they built the proto in just 4 months?
Simply outstanding 👌👌👍
5:50 Min. range 400km - max. range 800km!
Every manufacturer should state min max. Great!
That's when you let the engineers do the talking instead of putting marketing and sales departments in between :)
They already do, it's on the big tag on the side of the window (Monroney sticker). Says City mpg:XX Highway mpg:xx
Electric cars do "range" instead for 2 reasons. 1, range has been electric car's limiting factor since the 1900's. 2, it allows them to hide that they get worse energy efficiency at highway speeds. The current record holder for longest drive on a single charge in a Tesla did so driving at speeds in the teens, 13-19 mph.
While I like the concept I know reality rarely meets expectations. 4 days to full charge optimum. Most people are not going to be checking their compass to make sure they're getting optimum coverage, making sure their roof isn't getting partially blocked, etc. People will get at best 1/8 charge/day, and I'm betting half that. A lot of people that only travel 5-10 miles a day for work might be able to make it work for free though. And never being permanently out of power in the middle of nowhere would be awesome too.
@@macgyver9134 4 days to full charge? this is impossible
they have at best 4m² (~3m*1.3m) and thats under perfect conditions (car would need to be angled or only when sun is exactly at highest point) about 0.5kWp (kilo Watt peak)
so even this way, after 4 days and about 50h of sun you get only 25kWh
realistically these modules are less efficient than "normal" stationary modules (i guess about 30% less), they are not angled (about 50% less sunlight) and it obviously depends on weather, so on average that's probably again about 50% less
so realistically it is about 4kWh/4 days or 1kWh/day or about 1 charge every 2 months
useless uneconomic shit
@@macgyver9134 "A lot of people that only travel 5-10 miles a day for work might be able to make it work for free though" - No.
it would be cheaper to put normal solar panels on your house and charge your car when you come home
so you technically pay for having them on your car
@@user-bj3pq2si2l If you watch the video they tell you, the solar panels are 1.25kw peak
I Hope Theses Guys Succeed!!! The World Needs This Product
no it doesn't
put your solar panels on your roof
more efficient, more reliable and cheaper
this idea is useless because its insanely expensive, besides its not needed petrol is cheap, and diesel is also cheap, you don't need unecessary expensive useless solar panels
When solar technology gets better and cheaper to produce, then the car will succeed.
But a simple gas engine car like the Elio failed, doubt this will make it. Maybe in 10 years.
@@Urrelles no this concept can't succed
there are almost no advantages compared to putting the solar panels on your roof but there are a lot of disadvantages
@@user-bj3pq2si2l CURRENTLY there are no advantages. Solar technology isnt going to sit in the stone age for eternity. In 10 years a car like this may actually be viable. Especially if we master graphine creation.
There's certainly a lot of buzz about the Lightyear.
😄💕
I understood that reference...
These cars were once considered to be no more than a toy and now they are being told as a story of our future.
This is absolutely fantastic! :) Far too expensive, but it is to be expected at first release. Way to go to the whole team responsible for creating this thing in such a short period of time.
"I've never been so excited to be in a car going really slowly!" Too funny.
Lol
The build speed and quality for this first prototype are really impressive!
its not practical, and economically bad, we live in a world of tall buildings and such, it will only work of a few
I swear, the people bitching about this would have whined about the first light bulb. "Oh, my torch is brighter, and I can cook a steak with it."
Sorry dude, it's just not viable yet.
More advances in solar panels, batteries and motors will be required.
Maybe in 20 years.
No one wants it more than me, but reality is reality.
@@chronobot2001 You've got to start somewhere or do you think in twenty years it would just happen?
yes, i agree soon everyone with have one for a mere 135,000 $US
yes and we still use torches, in fact, a torch can power a light bulb via thermoelectric plates. In a way, the ICE (internal combustion engine) is a complicated torch. Heat IS power dipshit. Heat also is responsible for the barriers in quantum computing as well as any other power source, including magnetism.
There are fundamental limitations to solar powered vehicles. Even if you magically had 100% efficient panels, perfect weather and you were under the mid day sun at the equator you'd only be getting about 6kw. If the vehichal is light enough this might get a few passengers up a moderate slope and under average conditions with current technology... You'd probably get more power from taking off the floor and having the driver Flintstones it.
Don't get me wrong the panels would probably pay for themselves eventually and the tiny amount of extra weight would be worth it for the tiny amount of power they'd output but we're talking 1% extra power if that, hardly groundbreaking.
1995 - Buzz Lightyear, falling with style
2019 - Lightyear one, driving with style.
That car is like about one lightyear away.
I like the infinity symbol on the steering wheel. "To infinity and beyond!" that's appropriate for a car named Lightyear
Hahaha deeerp I didn't catch that
That would be hilarious if they did that on purpose
Love what you guys do. Constructive criticism, audio levels are all over the place
I thought I am the only one. The music is to loud, voice to low and the ambient to loud at some point.
Agree. Happens a lot, not only Fully Charged does it.
Good to see Im not the only one. The intro song track is so loud that I had to lower the volume and then I could barely understand what Robert is saying.
Might be auto-ducking when editing. I did have increase/decrease the volume in places but nay problem. The car looks ok as a prototype. was wondering how spacious it was in the back Robert? the roofline looks quite low.
True.
What an amzing car, what an amazing concept, what a potent, enthusiastic and young team! I hope they will suceed!
years ago i imagined what the perfect electric car would be, i thought it would have to be self charging because it makes so much sense to capture the free energy of the sun, it would have to be light to be efficient, and it would also have small motors on the rear wheels or every wheel to eleminate any loss through transmissions and drive shafts, i open my eyes and see this car and its exactly what i imagined it should be. amazing...
Yes, you basically made it!
Good thing a bunch of Dutch lads had the same idea as you did, mate.
chrismechanic B ---> Quite a few people have good ideas. Unfortunately, NOT all are in the right place at the right time with the right people supporting them.
There are cars like that for years now.
There is no free energy, you need to manufacture the solar panels wich contain harmful chemicals and you also need to replace them after some time, and those chemicals dont just dissapate.
BRILLIANT!
... YOUNG PEOPLE CHANGING THE WORLD!!!
JUST BRILLIANT!
Hup Holland!
My world still feels the same, just sayin 😁 if they need a beta tester tho give me a shout
No it's not. Solar panels are not recyclable. All those toxic metals inside can't be reused which makes it unsustainable for mass production...That is gonna be a problem which is not realized yet, but will soon enough.
OIL COMPANIES DESTROYING THE PROJECT YEEAAAAH .
the world is actually the same.
This is next level. Great coverage FullyCharged getting the content into our hands hot off the press.
"Darling, I told you not to park the car in the garage! It needs to sit out in the SUN..."
Possible a new business opportunity, skylights for the garage.
just leave the lights on
I'll just buy the solar panel for the house instead and plug the car in.
@@SlyNine And if you do both, it is twice that good.
@@svesom to me it honestly sounds less efficient over all. The custom molding for the car, the extra weight, more complicated car designs. More complex manufacturing.
I'm all for the research, because all research ( non-ideological research anyways) is good.
I love the concept, I've been saying this for years and this will win in many sunny countries. Especially with climate change. Well done the Lightyear and the FC team!
To be honest, my expectation of solar powered EV is that, in a hot summer day, AC can cool off the interior before I get in, using the energy generated from parking directly under the sun. :-)
yep Agree. I relate to the "too hot to stay outside yet too hot to get inside the car immediately" situation :')
actually, when it's hot the efficiency of solar panels plummets...
And on cold days the efficiency of batteries plummets...
In the Netherlands, for a large part of the year there's next to no sunlight, when there is the solar panels would get plastered with bugs hitting the car and/or dust or snow/ice in minutes and lose efficiency.
The Maybach did this ten years ago.
The solar panel will not produce enough energy to run AC...
@@johannes914 see my comment above
Toyota, take note! This is self charging 😉
The "sono" "sion" is supposed to be in production within the next 4 months... It won't be as pretty nor as efficient but slightly more affordable.
@@fionafiona1146 Deliveries of the Sion won't start until 2021.
@@jochem1986 they won't be produced before next year either, they just plan to start.
@@fionafiona1146 like 4 times more cheap, indeed. Still, nice for the happy few, that lightning.
Absolutely David. Conventional "Self Charging Hybrids" are petrol charged hybrids. Toyota (and others) are just hiding the fact that they are behind the curve on development of car electrification.
I'm happy to see that a company has the courage to step out of the box & do something like this
I'm here for this!!!
Remarkable! We can feel the joy of trying such an inovative car. The future will be bright.
I just love your show. I wasn't an EV geek, even after buying an EV. Thanks to Fully Charged, I'm the geekiest out there. Thank you!
I love when people talk about their personal change and how it has affected them when they go EV. I hope you are giving people rides and considering joining a local EV club if one is in your area. They help a lot of people get great info and support before they take the plunge.
Amazing what they achieved in such a short period. And how little the mindset of people outside this bubble changed during that.
Well, the mindset here (in the Netherlands) is changing. Not superfast. But there is a definite change in how people look at the energy revolution.
Or, it's a con.
In the US petrol (gas) cars are just better.
@@bighands69 Blame the lobbying oil firms
This is a team of former TU Delft students working on solar cars for many years. It's not something just started from scratch.
I am Dutch and quite proud of what they have built here bit by bit.
Thank you for stepping out there with your electric car and the story on solar car’s we need you ! So awesome!
cmon guys. people need to realize what the difference between concept and real production car.
IF anyone wants to buy a solar powered car right now there it does exist, ruclips.net/video/N6CvslUnQNQ/видео.html - Hyundai Sonata 2020 hybrid ‘Solar Panel’ car marks the first step in the right direction for all car manufacturers .
The differences are, the concept car is an individuals vision, the production car is what you get after the "bean-counters" get a hold of it...the bean -counters say, "you can't do that !, it will cost too much!"...so we wind up getting crappy cars that are so far off what we saw at the auto-show.
thats hard when u are truly ignorant....
Clearly aerodynamic and this look is designed by physics.
He says it's aerodynamically efficient. But that very long tapering tail end is not the best for aerodynamic efficiency, it increases the frictional drag since the air stays in contact with that large tapering surface, this is why the 'Kamm' tail profile is usually preferred by auto engineers, this cuts that taper off and often includes a little upturned lip. (this can also improve the down force on the rear wheels though obviously that's not so important in this case). I presume they were wanting to maximise the surface area, for the solar panels. If you doubt what i say about drag, look at the difference in tail profile between the Aston Martin db4 and db6, though Aston Martin were seeking to make their car faster by reducing drag.... rather than more efficient! Also just a thought, when air slips over the surface of a car it tends to deposit the dirt in the air on the surface since the frictional drag lowers the air speed at the surface, those solar panels are going to have be polished pretty regularly to maintain their power output, i should think.
@@fuccasound3897 You are totally wrong. The cutted rear causes Air turbulences behind because of its sudden end. If your thoughts were true Wings of Air Planes would have been designed like that. But they are not. In fact some Trucks have air Panels at the rear end to prevent the Air stream from breacking. Super Cars and Formular Racing Cars have diffusors to prevent a Break of the Air stream. And spoilers on Race Cars which bend up to generate down force are Always a necessary compromise because they rise the cw.
Those people behind lightyear one study physics and reached despite a small battery a very efficient range of 725 km. They are not that stupid to choose the wrong Design right in the beginning. The Team has a lot of experience and has won several Racing competitions.
i'm saying they have favoured solar panel area over reduction in surface drag. That is all. Diffusers are generally used to direct underbody air flow to prevent its interference with the air stream at the vehicle's rear. The raised lip on the tail as well as creating downforce ensures the air breaking away from the rear of, as you put it, "a cutted rear" creates less drag than without it, yes the air is turbulent, causing some drag but this can easily be less than the frictional drag caused by a long tapering tail end. Also, what is your take on keeping those solar panels clean? i'm not saying the design is wrong, i'm saying that in the design they have traded off one thing to favour another. The essence of good design is compromise isn't it? You sound angry, and not able to deal with a critique of something you obviously think is wonderful. Perhaps you are quite young?
Do either of you understand turbulence? Sounds like not
@@KcarlMarXs go ahead, explain it to me, i'm sure you are capable.....
I've had a BMW i3 for the last 4 years and I love how silent it is. I can never go back to the noisy conventional cars.
@Xaris Xeros The car is pretty futuristic looking and it's been around for awhile. The i8 is stunning.
you are lucky to be able to afford it !
@@FRITZI999 A second handed one is not that expensive. Consider also private leasing.
@@georgios3113 never seen one in real life.... i live in Germany, think it´s not sold here.
@@FRITZI999 Oh you're talking about Lightyear? I thought we were talking about BMW i3
What i like about these sort of ventures, is that it really spurs the competition on, after all each manufacturer wants to out do, be better, etc, than the other guy, so well done lightyear, hope your endeavours are brought to fruition.
We are also working on a fully rechargeable solar electric car (van) to travel the world without fossil fuel.
Thank you FCS for showing the world these innovations
You can't do that
It's impossible
The sky is falling
Just kidding
Not a troll
I will check out your channel and am rooting for your success!
Kudos to Fully charged for driving instead of flying.
Electric airplanes are taking off too. Maybe you will soon be able to fly without pollution
Alan Wardrop Electricity has to be produced somehow and land transport is always more efficient than flying.
and if the hangers were covered in solar panels ...free flying too.?
@@alanwardrop9575 I'm thinking a rail gun launching system ;-) trains that turn into plains.
@@weetikissa flying is actually more efficient. Small planes can do 20mpg at 155mph where a car of similar weight would be doing 10mpg.
The team is doing something amazing, hope they get the support needed to get these vehicles on the road.
10:10 it seems that the guy is fed up with the guy asking questions
Yes, I picked up on that too 😂
Hey these Europeans aren’t the most gregarious..... ie they aren’t into banter .....
My impression is that the whole thing is fake. Maybe that's why.
I think he’s just slightly insulted that of all the work they did he keeps remarking about all the creaks and noises.
To be fair, he's experiencing his first ride in the car that he is helping to create, while being interviewed at the same time. There's going to be a lot going on in his head.
So it's legit?! I've seen some stuff about this car, but figured it was vaporware. Thanks Robert for covering it, very cool technology!
There is a pretty big difference between having a prototype that can move (albeit very slowly it seems) and having the industrial capacity to produce and sell said car, the later is the real hurdle that most car startup crash at.
romteb not to mention comply with all the safety regulations which will necessarily add weight
Didn't expect to see you here as well! The TUe team is very seriously
In the middle of winter petrol or gas car is just superior. Nobody really wants a toy electric car otherwise they would just have bought them.
It's real but does it have any real world practical use beyond a few select areas? The fact of the matter is that solar powered cars can not be used in the majority of the world. I also don't see how they would ever be able to come up with the money to actually put it into production anyway.
Will order my right hand drive Lightyear today,
RHD? yeah!
Thanks for that Bob. With my lifestyle I would probably be able to run the car on solar over 90% of the time. Remarkable.
First time seeing this and within 5 seconds I want one. Very cool design! Nice job. :-)
Wow. Good luck to the LY! The Darwin to Adelaide solar challenge is underrated and under covered.
Maybe in the rest of the world but in the Netherlands it really isn't.
@@TestarossaF110 not in Australia either.
In the time it took me to watch the vid, 800 more people watched it! Go FC.
Luke Conaghty , I was amazed , nearly 70,000 in the time it took me to watch the video, but then again I did start whilst eating breakfast and only finished watching after work .
Fully charge time this perfectly, so that video hits at the same time as the story is still near the top of Google under various search terms. So no wonder if rising fast,.
VERY VERY WELL DONE! What a beautiful minimalist design for an amazing concept/prototype car.
I love that electric vehicles has given such a huge rebirth to independent car companies/startups!
Looks like an airbrushed concept car you might have seen in the 80s.
exactly what I was thinking when I saw the side and how odd it look. It looks like the future car from the 1980s but the side looks UGLY.
that rear wheel guard looks like it's wearing a miniskirt. as if it has genitals to partially hide
Seems inspired by VW XL1
ruclips.net/video/tqQ4eQc4zd4/видео.html
No pop-up headlights tho
@@HH-xs2gm That is a nice reaction. Means it is like art. You love it or you hate it. Luckily there are so many models on the market that there is choice for everybody.
Love your work Robert, Dr. Helen and Jonny, keep it up, you're inspiring. This car has so much potential, I hope it works out for them!
Well done Mr L & crew. Nice to see you sticking to your 'electric dreams' & driving there rather than flying. All the best.............
I want a self generating comfortable “ VAN “, covered in solar panels.......... I would live in it like a Gypsy, and see the whole country.
Man........ what a great idea 💡 !!!!!!!
Best of luck......... make it happen, please.
Thats actually real. RUclips it, it exists
@@ahsanmirza7486 Solar Van.
Nah, too many markets would suffer from that. **whispers in walkie** shut it down.
Most solar panels are only 15% efficient not taking into account power conversion and resistance. The panels need to be kept clean of dust, moisture, snow and oriented correctly towards the sun. You need an inverter and batteries to store the power. I don't think with 15% efficiency that you'd have the sq. meters on a van to generate enough power. It would be nice but I don't think it's feasible yet.
@ David Hughes
It would be nice to just camp out...... do some hacking, fishing, just taking it easy...... let the batteries charge up the meanwhile.......... then move on to the next site........ that’s what I’m talking about. Of course..... you either have to work part time or live off your savings.🤓
It reminds me a little of the sort of cars, specially from the rear, that we’re envisioned back in 70’s SiFi shows like UFO, Thunderbirds, or Captain Scarlet.
Yes that cover over the rear wheel definitely harks back to that era.
Thank you Ser Davos for hosting this episode
So inspiring to see something like this. There is so much potential.
The World and the Planet needs this, good luck guys..
Fascinating car. Thanks to Fully Charged for bringing it to us.
Beautiful car that *can charge itself :-)*
More of such cars will make the air cleaner for all of us !
Awesome, im a fan already of this. Salute to your work.
This is fantastic. I've been wondering for years why this (co-generation) was not happening; also for building facades etc. So happy to see this new combination of power generation being applied.
Now make the solar panels into structural bodywork like the Volvo project. Great to see tech transfer from the solar challenge coming through to road vehicles
"He's known for all the work he has been doing"
Ah all right, nice
Two years on and EEVBlog just did a great episode about this vehicle!
Definitely inspiring stuff - awesome video
Its design looks like what a "futuristic car" looked like in the 80s.
Exactly. Back to the Future 2
GuanoLad exactly. If I were an investor I would be worried.
I think if the didn't cover the rear wheels it would look pretty normal. The front end is not unlike a Tesla.
Aerodynamics does not allow that much Space for crazy design ideas. The best shape in terms of efficiency is pretty much a falling drop of water.
@@aladdin8623 I think there's more scope for design than this though! 🤣
I’m getting very strong Blade Runner vibes from the stylings on the car, it’s such a stunning piece of engineering.
What a respectable professional woman, no cuss words, no inane comments or giggling, knows her stuff, speaks well, focuses on whats important and dresses modestly and appropriately, if women must work outside the home, let them at least maintain this standard.
Lovely effort by light-year and fully charged team great info and God bless you all
Another startup with an electric prototype. I am loving the odds!
its not going to beat Tesla...
@@dunhillsupramk3 That's not at all what he was going for there bud.
He means it's just great to see a lot more people interested in pushing for electric cars.
Get your sour attitude out of here. nobody has to "beat" anyone. this is about the planet.
Wow, just wow! I hope they succeed and bring eventually these cars in simpler, smaller form to the general public.
We need this in India, this thing is gonna charge fully in few hours under the sun
true that!
@KT if we can't afford...we will make one...which is affordable by everyone....
try first setting up toiletts in the country.
@KT you know nothing kid😂😂
@@hunterprey5338 we sent 🚀 into the moon. We can send your shitty brains into the Milky Way 🤪💩💩💩🐷🐷🐷🐷🤣🤣🤣🤣
There is more image of the interviewer than the actual car still love what I see
Literally, when i saw the first Tesla Model S, i was like, why they didnt put a solar on bonnet and roof to self charge it?
Someone actually made this. Great.
It’s because solar on the car only makes sense for powering a fan to keep the car cool when it’s parked. They won’t tell you in this video, but all those solar panels add less than 5 miles per day at best. Much better to have a battery that a ground based fixed solar array can charge in 20 minutes.
Could you turn the music down relative to speech volume? It's super loud
Turning "music" OFF when there is speech is a far better choice IMHO
I would rather turning speech up
I like the music.
I absolutely love the solar panel sunroof.
Amazing video. Amazing channel. I've subscribed right now!
WHEN HE SAID CRASH TEST I ALMOST CRIED
I live in Arizona this would be perfect for me.
Not until we have cheap good solar panels, and even then not that great actually. Main problem is solar power requires 10 times more area than a car to make it truly self sufficient
@@levkrainov Amazing that so many people bat a blind eye towards the leaps-and-bounds technology makes. Thirty years ago the tech wasn't there to make the Lightyear an actuality. It takes an optimistic consumer-base to help the industry evolve and grow. For D'sTech, it may just be perfect. To criticize what constitutes perfection for someone else is brash.
Robert Feight to quote Star Trek’s Scotty: “You canna change the laws of physics.”
No amount of efficiency improvements or new technology will ever be enough for a car the dimensions of a standard 5 passenger sedan to travel powered purely by solar panels mounted within the footprint of the car. There simply isn’t enough energy in the sunlight. That fact means that the most practical, economic solution will *always* be to used fixed solar to provide the energy, and some kind of energy storage (depending how you define it, a “battery”) in the vehicle.
Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania does this today. They converted one of their unused parking lots to a solar “farm” and now when electric race cars race at Pocono they do so without any CO2 emissions. www.evsr.net for more info on the electric race cars that race at Pocono.
Is the point of this not to extend the range on the car? I don't think they are trying to make it run purely off of solar. It has a battery that is smaller than a Tesla yet it can get more range on a sunny day. If we can find away to cheaply incorporate solar panels into the roofs of electric cars which can give us 50-200km extra range depending on weather I think that is a great idea.
Evan Leggett I ran some numbers based on the idea that “adding some range” is worthwhile, especially if it allows for smaller battery packs, thus lighter, more efficient cars. Assuming a 1kW panel and a car needing 50wH/km (both rather optimistic, put plausible, given current tech) then in the course of an hour’s driving we will have added 1kWh to the battery (more precisely, not used that much electric from the battery) which is an additional 20km of range, or 20%. That’s not too shabby, and that’s not the absolute “best case” because we can always posit a more efficient car or solar panel, but it’s certainly toward the best case end of the scale.
However, in contrast, consider adding commercially available panels to a Tesla: get perhaps 300w from solar for a car using 150wH/km and after an hour’s drive we have only added 2km range, or 1.3%. Not really worthwhile.
But, doing the math has me revising my thinking on the concept of adding solar panels to an electric car. If the panels themselves are efficient enough, and the car efficient enough, then there comes a point where it might make sense.
But the fact remains that solar can’t be relied upon while driving, so to quell range anxiety the battery packs will still have to be large enough to get to the next charging station without relying on the solar panels.
It exudes calmness, ease and satisfaction. A little modern in a good sense Tatra 87 influence (the aerodynamic back), a little Volvo serenity, and yet super independent. I love it.
I think this car on it's own looks pretty damn cool, the fact it's electric just make it that much more appealing.
Wauw! The guts to show this really really early prototype! Looks really nice!
The rear end looks amazing and all the proportions!
Dude these guys are awsome and i also like the enthusiasm of the host if the video.
Thank you, very informative
i wanted this to car to be driven a little faster than jogging speeds
it is hard to do it with only 8 hp! note that they need to push it into the trailer cause of the ramp.
@@itabiritomg Wow! You're right... now, when adding the extra weight of the larger (more realistic) motors and larger battery capacity for them, what would that bring this 400+ km range down to??? Keep in mind that the self-charging ability would NOT scale along with the greater HP / battery capacity because the car is already completely covered in solar panels... Hmmm sounds fishy....
flat earthers
@@ChristmasEve777 it is
this gives you at best a full charge every month
just put your normal, cheaper, more efficient and reliable solar panels on your roof
Hard to go over 10 mph with a mix of pedestrians and bicyclists on every side!
IT'S A WORK OF ART!!!!👍!
I WOULD BUY IT AS THAT!
A BEAUTIFUL FUNCTIONAL DRIVING WORK OF ART!!!
The design is really good. Most modern cars, especially electric cars, look not insulting at best and just awful at worst. This however is pure elegance. I would like to have it not just for the sake of having a car (I currently have the e-up), but because it looks so good.
The future looking good I want one
It’s beautiful!
You're telling me they built a whole car and the first time they tested it is when it's completely done, in front of a crowd? I don't think so!
This was the first time testing it as a completely done vehicle. I understand why they would do that and that is to demonstrate their confidence in the car and because they are pushing for sooner production.
Nothing new from Honda. They usually get it right first time. (Excluding recent F1 engine exploits!)
@@marin.aldimirov - I have a bridge to sell you...
@@snaz27 Well, you would be able to sell your hypothetical bridge IF you've already won awards for bridge building like the guys at Lightyear did (while at Eindhoven) for their solar-powered car. :D :D :D
It's very hard to find the good compromise with aerodynamics & styling. Plus the area for solar panels! What I see here it's streamlined 30s Tatra's design soul in 100% futuristic form, with NO retro resemblance. Very neat design, with no bells, whistles & trinkets which are overloading car styling today. And bright & clever engineering inside. She's gorgeous. However, many elements need to be improved. Fingers crossing!
thanks for such inspiring video
I love to see that. A similar concept of caravan will be necesary for future turism. Looking forward for new projects !
Oh my goodness this has to be a car I need. Love the technology of this self-charging electric car!
Just 4 years ago i had the same idea and talked to work colleagues and other people. They said its not useable,not workable, just not practicale.
So i am glad to see that its definitly possible and its so eficient and usefull.
4 years ago it wasn't practical. The tech is rapidly evolving
Realy, you think that? I mean Solar panels are existing for decades. And Elektro Motors even longer.
Sure Eficiency increase. But the reason was more , that it was not in Mainstream. Nobody knew sbout this technology on wide mass.
@@kirschkern8260 the solar races have been held in Austrailia since 1987, so the tech has been known in automotive circles since the early 2000s. Solar panel efficiency doubled from 2015 to 2018. Not only that, but the weight of the substrates has dropped dramatically. These changes have taken something that wasn't worth doing at all 5 years ago to something that is barely worth doing in 2020 and something that may make a whole lot of sense in 2025
I can't wait to see the future of these type cars , where the paint or coating its self has the recharging capabilities, all the surfaces should be able to convert energy to energy. Keep up the excellent work men!
Hands down this is the best looking car EVER!!!
Your voice levels are way too low in comparison to your music volume.
kraenk12 suddenly everyone’s a MASTERING ENGINEER!!!!!
You're right. I had to keep turning down the music and turning up the volume again to hear people talk.
@@williamroark , you don't have to be an engineer ... the voice is simply too low. I kept playing with my volume all through the video...
As a member of the general public observing of a lot of videos designed to be observed by the general public, the audio implementation was done improperly.
There’s always a critic
The lack of a back window would weird me out!
Eric Bushhousen I would get car sick instantly
How about a display which shows what a mirror would show? I think that's quite doable.
Nice channel
Very very informative
Love it contains
very nice coverage of very nice car
From a graphic design perspective, that's a really cool intro
Really exciting stuff. Having just had a stone put a small dent in my bonnet and crack the windscreen, my first thought is how the solar panel will fare with all the stones and gravel thrown up on British roads.
Felicitaciones , el auto es absolutamente FANTÁSTICO...
Excellent coverage