Solar-powered bus

This might be the first publicly solar powered bus used, even if its not really profitable for long distances, running for 60km seems a good result for a prototype:




Solar-powered bus seen asviable business

The first commercially viable solar-energy bus has been successfully developed under a joint state-private research project. The 20-seater minibus was introduced yesterday by the Office of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and Clean Fuel Energy Enterprise Co (C-FEE), a private manufacturer of electric mini-cars, golf carts, tuk-tuks and motorcycles.
This project is seen as the first-ever practical research work of its kind,'' said Prof Ahnond Bunyaratvej, the NRCT secretary general.

''The bus, which took seven months to develop, features 10 solar-cell panels of one square metre each on its roof. It has a maximum speed of 60 kilometres per hour and can be continuously driven for 60 km.''

Read the full article in Bangkokpost here

posted by IntoBlogs at 11:49 PM