Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?
- Written by Chen Liu, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University
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References
- ^ Curious Kids (theconversation.com)
- ^ curiouskidsus@theconversation.com (theconversation.com)
- ^ World Solar Challenge (worldsolarchallenge.org)
- ^ becomes scattered (www.energy.gov)
- ^ 342 watts per square meter (www.nasa.gov)
- ^ a standard refrigerator (www.forbes.com)
- ^ about 18 feet long and 6 feet wide (www.neighbor.com)
- ^ a refrigerator, a dishwasher and a microwave oven (www.forbes.com)
- ^ millions of solar panels across thousands of acres (www.pv-magazine.com)
- ^ concentrate the Sun’s energy (www.seia.org)
- ^ is around 20% (www.marketwatch.com)
- ^ takes about 20,000 watts (allev.info)
- ^ tilted on its axis (education.nationalgeographic.org)
- ^ the upper half gets less (theconversation.com)
- ^ more intense solar power (www.ez2c.de)
- ^ times when the Sun doesn’t shine (theconversation.com)
- ^ more suitable for everyday use (www.architecturaldigest.com)
- ^ make solar panels more efficient (commercialsolarguy.com)
- ^ more suitable for cars (lightyear.one)
- ^ electric vehicle (www.caranddriver.com)
- ^ solar panels, wind turbines, hydropower dams (finance.yahoo.com)
- ^ switch to clean energy (www.cesa.org)
- ^ CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com (theconversation.com)
Authors: Chen Liu, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University
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