Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here. Advertise at Before It's News here.

By NESARA
Contributor profile | More stories

Story Views
Now:
Last hour:
Last 24 hours:
Total:

Meet Stella, the solar powered car that drives 500 miles on a SINGLE charge - and warns you when traffic lights will change

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 16:23

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

Meet Stella, the solar powered car that drives 500 miles on a SINGLE charge – and warns you when traffic lights will change

· The lightweight, wedge-shaped electric car charges itself with solar cells

· It was built at Eindhoven University of Technology in Holland

· It travels 500 miles (800km) on a single charge at speeds of 80mph (130km/h)

· This distance is increased if the sun is shining thanks to panels on the roof

· Car also features a tablet that shows driver when traffic lights will change

· And Stella’s steering wheel expands if you drive too fast

· Stella is a prototype, but recently drove from Los Angeles to San Francisco

A solar-powered family car has completed a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco fuelled entirely by sunshine – a journey covering almost 385 miles (619km).

Called Stella, the vehicle can travel up to 500 miles (800 km) on a single charge, clocking speeds of up to 80mph (130 km).

The prototype four-seater has solar cells on its roof to provide power while driving, and it boasts a tablet that tracks traffic lights.

A lightweight, wedge-shaped electric car called Stella (shown) that charges itself with solar cells on its roof has been built at Eindhoven University. It travels 500 miles (800km) on a single charge at speeds of 80mph (130km/h). This distance is increased if the sun is shining thanks to the array of solar panels on top

The vehicle was created by a group called Solar Tam Eindhoven, based at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Stella’s recent journey took it up California’s scenic Pacific Coast Highway into the centre of L.A.

STELLA’S SPECIFICATIONS

Stella can travel up to 500 miles (800 km) on a single charge, at speeds of 80mph (130 km).

The 1.5-kilowatt solar panels on top of the car, which cost about £2,600 ($4,260) to produce, supply power to the car’s lithium ion battery

At the back of the car, the panels can be lifted up to reveal a boot, and other novelties include a steering wheel that expands when a user drives too fast, and contracts when they drive too slow.

It weighs 855lbs (390kg) and is 15ft (4.6 metres) long, while the body of the vehicle is made of carbon fibre. Its aerodynamic shape also helps to increase its driving range.

But the car is less than 4ft (1.2 metres) tall, so getting in is a bit of a squeeze.

Stella can even communicate with other cars; during an example, it relayed traffic information to a Tesla Model S nearby.

And this extends to traffic lights as well – a tablet screen in the car will tell the driver how long until a light up ahead turns red or green.

And the creators of Stella hope their vehicle might one day enter mass production, and become a common sight on roads.

The 1.5-kilowatt array of solar panels on top of the car, which cost about £2,600 ($4,260) to produce, supply power to the car’s lithium ion battery.

At the back of the car, the panels can be lifted up to reveal a boot, and according toTakePart, other novelties include a steering wheel that expands when a user drives too fast, and contracts when they drive too slow.

It weighs 855lbs (390kg) and is 15ft (4.6 metres) long, while the body of the vehicle is made of carbon fibre. Its aerodynamic shape also helps to increase its driving range.

But the car is less than 4ft (1.2 metres) tall, so getting in is a bit of a squeeze.

Stella can even communicate with other cars; during an example, it relayed traffic information to a Tesla Model S nearby.

And this extends to traffic lights as well – a tablet screen in the car will tell the driver how long until a light up ahead turns red or green.

The 1.5-kilowatt array of solar panels on top of the car (pictured), which cost about £2,600 to produce, supply power to the car’s lithium ion battery

The car also features smart technology, including a tablet that shows the driver when traffic lights will change colour (pictured). It can also ‘talk’ to other cars

At the back of the car, (pictured) the panels can be lifted up to reveal a boot. Stella weighs 855lbs (390kg) and is 15ft (4.6 metres) long, while the body of the vehicle is made of carbon fibre. Its aerodynamic shape also helps to increase its driving range. But it is less than 4ft (1.2 metres) tall, so getting in is a bit of a squeeze

‘It was great to see all the people looking at us; hurrying to get their smartphones out to get pictures while we were driving,’ said Lex Hoefsloot, manager of Solar Team Eindhoven after the car had undertaken its drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

RECORD-BREAKING ELECTRIC CAR

In July a team of University of New South Wales students broke a 26-year-old world record for speed, which would make their solar car the fastest electric vehicle to travel 500km on a single battery charge.

The car, which was built by Australia’s top solar car racing team – UNSW’s Sunswift – was able to travel at an average speed of more than 100km/h, beating the previous world record of 73km/h.

The world record was broken on a 2.6 miles (4.2km) circular race track in Geelong – south-west of Melbourne – in Victoria at the Australian Automotive Research Centre.

The vehicle to smash the record, eVe, was the fifth one built and raced by Sunswift since the team was founded in 1996.

‘I think we caused some traffic jams and we were worried some drivers might run into us while trying to take pictures.’

Hoefsloot is one of the students at Eindhoven University of Technology who designed and built Stella in what grew into a school-wide project that won a World Solar Car challenge race across Australia in 2013.

Stella launched a US tour in Detroit at the Intelligent Transportation Society World Congress in early September.

The team drove to San Francisco to join sponsor NXP Semiconductors of The Netherlands in an event focused on a future in which roads are made safer and air pollution reduced by cars that ‘talk’ to one another as well as traffic signals.

‘We think it is possible to make these cars and have them in a showroom in five to 10 years, but it is a big dream and something we have to really work on,’ said Hoefsloot.

The technology in Stella is not new and if the solar cars were mass-produced like gas-guzzling models they could be similarly affordable, according to the student.

But big auto-makers have had little contact with the team because ‘they think it is too far-fetched,’ Hoefsloot told AFP.

‘We think otherwise, of course,’ he said.

‘It is the first family car that is powered by solar energy, it just doesn’t have a family yet.’

Inventors celebrate after test of solar powered family car…

Stella also has a steering wheel (pictured) that expands if a users drive too fast, and or contracts if they go too slow. The car is a prototype at the moment but recently completed a drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco

The body of the vehicle is made of carbon fibre. Its aerodynamic shape also helps to increase its driving range. Stella (pictured) launched a US tour in Detroit at the Intelligent Transportation Society World Congress in early September

Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2014/09/meet-stella-solar-powered-car-that.html

Before It’s News® is a community of individuals who report on what’s going on around them, from all around the world.

Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.

"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.

Please Help Support BeforeitsNews by trying our Natural Health Products below!

Order by Phone at 888-809-8385 or online at https://mitocopper.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomic.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomics.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Humic & Fulvic Trace Minerals Complex - Nature's most important supplement! Vivid Dreams again!

HNEX HydroNano EXtracellular Water - Improve immune system health and reduce inflammation.

Ultimate Clinical Potency Curcumin - Natural pain relief, reduce inflammation and so much more.

MitoCopper - Bioavailable Copper destroys pathogens and gives you more energy. (See Blood Video)

Oxy Powder - Natural Colon Cleanser! Cleans out toxic buildup with oxygen!

Nascent Iodine - Promotes detoxification, mental focus and thyroid health.

Smart Meter Cover - Reduces Smart Meter radiation by 96%! (See Video).

Comments

Online:
Visits:	1,603,479,478
Stories:	8,150,237