I see problem with this, the government and motor industry will not approve of this. Just the ideal of free energy and no maintenance scares them. I would love a solar power car but we all know they will fight or delay it for years claiming its still a trial phase and drop it
It definitely reminds me of an Amish buggy--especially with the pylon-orange triangle across the back.
I wish this were more practical for my situation (unfortunately I have to put up with highway driving in order to get ANYWHERE, even the grocery store).
Hey, we have a store in Melbourne Bch. FL. We have seen Andy's car and his sister (who just got one too) for the past year in Mel Beach. You have a picture on him on your website. We love your solar car idea and think you are a fantastic designor. We love the whole green movement and you are heading up the heard with this amazing design. We are from Maine but have lived in Florida for the past 18 years. Would love to buy one. What are the costs of the car or how do we find out more info?
Hey, we have a store in Melbourne Bch. FL. We have seen Andy's car and his sister (who just got one too) for the past year in Mel Beach. You have a picture on him on your website. We love your solar car idea and think you are a fantastic designor. We love the whole green movement and you are heading up the heard with this amazing design. We are from Maine but have lived in Florida for the past 18 years. Would love to buy one. What are the costs of the car or how do we find out more info?
@newfarmerfilms The audio still cuts out at 5:30. Do you have the original video to reupload? I would like to see the whole video with sound. Might want to find another site to put a copy of the video incase one goes down.
These need to be put into production. There are investors I am sure. Do you have a WEB site? I wish you had more details about the car and less stories about the community, moving, etc.... What kind of batteries / motor / controller did you use? LED headlights? They would help lots on the battery life for night driving. Does it get the 20-30 miles you planned on? 20 minutes to go 3 miles is onloy 9 miles an hour. How steep a hill can it handle? More aerodynamic design would help,
Would it be possible to put about 8 batteries under the hood and run off of two batteries at a time (to get more voltage and speed boost), and have each group of 2 batteries labeled as (Group A, B, C and D), and then when group A is losing voltage, flip a switch to run off of Group B as the solar panel charges Group A, but when Group B is drained but not quite done charging, we still have Groups C and D to go through before flipping the switch back to freshly charged Group A then B, etc?
The car is great.Not so important how look or is not so fast Is fast enough to can travel around The most important is the car run without gas I have a question I saw the solar panel ,is not large The car use only solar power to can travel ,to keep the battery charged??? Not need to charge the battery at end of day from the power grid ?????? Can be used the roof of car to mount a second solar panel
I doubt Detroit CAN'T build it. When I look at it, I am actually quite glad Detroit WON'T build it. Side Impact Protection? Inflatable Restraint Systems? Tightening Seatbelts? Power Windows? A/C? LOL
And some of you are right - we currently do not produce electricity in the cleanest ways possible. The sun and wind are free, and pretty darned clean. You're fighting HUGE money and corporate interests, though. In any event, we must move away from oil. It may sound trite, but it's true - If we kill the planet, we kill ourselves. There is no such thing as 'away' when it comes to CO2, toxic chemicals, etc. It won't go 'away'.
If you haven't seen the movie 'Who Killed The Electric Car', you really have to. The politics behind NOT giving people clean transportation technology will boggle your mind. We already have some genius engineers and inventors who made all kinds of wonderful clean things...only to be 'killed' by the oil and auto industries. Even alternative fuels are designed to FORCE you to go to a filling station.
I applaud this gentleman! I love this little car! BRAVO, Sir!
right electric cars are not 100% harmless to the planet, seen as we get electricity by burning fossil fuels, only when u charge the car up using substainable power is it 100% harmless to the planet or unless u use solar pannels to power it like this one, just fort i wud point that out, have fun peeps
yeh but if they are good batteries they would last for ages, bout 5000 recharges but then they are only used to store the potential energy made from the solar pannels, so really, if the batteries die out cus of exhaustion, it wont matter cus you would be able to use them to use the car while its still daylight so yeh maybe like 98% harmless to the environment if you chuck the batteries away
the money is on the oil, so nobody who have oil bussines want electric cars, but people than me that love us planet yes,so my car will work by batteries, ecology and freeride 4ever
People relax!! those idiots in Detroit can build a solar power!.Car. they just simply don't want too, why?? because the money is in the Oil! those greedy bastard would never want you to drive solar cars or any other alternative energy source.. as long as you continue to buy gas,!.. they will continue to build gas hogger vehicles. soon as you stop driving those gas hogger... only then they will consider other alternative!!. until then,.. they will keep milking the oil industry dry!!!
Seems like a great project, but why not try a magnetic car that doesn't need any fuel at all? There won't be any sun to speak of after the shift. Think about it.
good shit! i think more people need to make these. I'm currently trying to make my own one but struggling to afford the materials. But my project is to find out the best way to make a poormans solar car. Imagine if you saw a diy solar car on instructables witha build cost less than £200 / $400
have you considered researching if a wind turbine (like the small one they have for RVs) on your vehicle would give a little extra charge while traveling down the road?
Solar panels actually polute the environment more. To make just one simple panel you need to burn dangerous chemicals that release deadly VOC's into the evironment thus, making everything worse. I have an idea, let's just walk to your jobs or ride a bike. That will surely stimulate our economy.
hi i want this program can u send me a link to get it since i can't find it and it's it's on autodesk then i can't get it but i need it for designing vehicles
there's more sunlight above the clouds. also, you have more surface area on a sort of disk shaped fuselage, or perhaps even better, sort of flattened toroidal fuselage perhaps. the fuselage can be carbon fiber to reduce weight. power is free solar, then run that electric power thru a Seversky Ionocraft air propulsion grid. notice you get rid of the junk weight of wheels, suspension, and any sort of engine. also, Seversky Ionocraft has efficiency of scale, so do the thin film solar photovltaics.
Maybe adding a tilting roof so the top solar panel can be aimed at the sun better for better charging. Not to be driven that way, (unless very slow) but it can increase the efficiency of the panel by 40%. My 2 cents
IF WE GAVE YOU 25 BILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THROWING IT IN THE DUMPSTER AT FORD/DODGE/JEEP/CHRYLER ...we could get 5 million vehicles @ 5k each...sweet.
When you have an average Joe making a car like this, just imagine what secets the oil companies have locked up... It's so sad. People are going to figure it out one day, so why not just tell us how to get off of that black poison?
If you're going to build from scratch you might as well aim to build something with performance that a production electric golf cart with solar panels tacked on couldn't match. I don't see it here.
Fun project.I'd be willing to bet most of us old guys- kinda like Art - read about projects like this in the 50's and 60's in Science and Mechanics, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mechanics Illustrated and all the "Guy" mags we had. Hey Art...remember the "King Midget" built in Akron Ohio? Great gas milage...easily repairable at any hardware store. Why not now? NANNY STATE and Leftists who want the all powerful socialist government to dictate what we can have. Continued in part 2.
It's NOt the oil companies it's the farking leftist who won't let people do things. As someone else posted...License, Insurance, Safety equipment? Ok..anyone ever hear of neighborhood or farm vehicles? Nix to that in PA! Mopeds...nopers! FQIQ I drive a Durango and it's incredible! Best all around vehicle - for my family - EVAR! Don't give a hoot about milage, I need to carry people and materials over a daily 40 mile radius. It does that very well.
They could have put solar panels on the roof! It does not have all the tings necessary for DoT approval, so it is no different than a scooter...definitely not street legal. A fun project for kids who learn nothing useful in school. We need to bring back "SHOP" classes, something even I missed. I only got electronics in a local learning center for computer repair certification...which I got kicked out of, because the teacher knew less than I did. Fortunately, I read the book!
When you have an average Joe making a car like this, just imagine what secets the oil companies have locked up... It's so sad. People are going to figure it out one day, so why not just tell us how to get off of that black poison?
how do you drive on the road with no license plate and no insurance? oh, and if its a fifteen minute drive, why not buy a bike? excercise is vital for living a healthy, long life...
We own property on a Caribbean Island (Little Cayman) where the speed limit is 25 mph island wide. This car would be perfect for almost everyone there if our government would just grant a special license for it. Lots of Caribbean islands could use them.
This is the kind of project that very well may shape the lives of the young people that participated in it. We need more people like Art to involve our youth. They are our future. My hat is off to you sir.
Relative short term answer, nuclear plants and electric vehicles. Longer term, when they become available, fusion and orbital solar power and electric vehicles.
Electric cars are too reliable. They have two few parts to break and repair and replace. Over the lifespan of the car, it will require too little maintenance. This means less profit for the maker and the dealer over the life of the car.
the real answer is AN E85 HYBRID!!! think of how clean that would be??? using less would dramatically help lots of problems with problems related to producing ethanol! ***you can also mix your gas up to 30% ethanol and it will be fine for your car*** pump in a few gallons and help the USA and the environment
well then if brazil is completely dependant on ethanol then where do they get all that energy to produce it??? Its just kinda wierd to me why people always take the "its impostible" view on biofuels right away... i mean there is a country of over 200 million people that is completely independant from oil and still people SAY DUMB ASS SHIT LIKE THAT
E85 hybrid is not the best answer. a diesel hybrid would be way better, but still not the best, a plug in diesel hybrid would be better, but the real answer, or so i believe, is electric. as Art has shown, you can get our electricity from the sun, which makes it free. even if you get your electricity from coal, its still cleaner than gasoline, and if you live in places like california, than chances are you get your electriciy from air, so it is the cleanest method.
On the other end of the spectrum you have the Venturi Astrolab solar car, but that costs over $100,000! You can find the Venturi and many more electric cars on EVtransPortal dot com.
Congratulations! Q's: What initial goals/objectives were implemented? Also, do you have any more details about the design, the components used and where you obtained them. I too would like to try a similar project with the help of others here at our local high school. Also - final costs of the project? Could you post a contact address so I can sent you mine?
Hallo, grundsätzlich eine tolle Idee. Aber ich denke, dass der Luftwiderstand zu groß ist und dass deshalb die Reichweite geringer ist. Wie wäre es mit einem Fahrzeug das einen geringen Luftwiderstand aufweist. So schön sieht es ja auch nicht aus....
awesome, they could put an ondemand hydrogen generator to produce electricity through internal combustion in the trunk area and have a mega huge range as they could store hydrogen fuel in carbonfiber tank $700
It's not infinite MPG. You'll run out of electricity before the sun can recharge your batteries. And then you have to sit and wait until you have some juice. Not that it isn't a bad thing, but it's too ridiculous.
Maybe I shouldn't have shared my opinion. Oh wait, comments weren't disabled for this video. I think this car is far from perfection, since it doesn't look like it'd be too safe in an accident.
Not to be party-pooper, but remember Ford Explorers rolling over, the A pillar on driver's side collapse and kill the driver? Car won't run 70mph, but you'll be sharing road with faster cars and weighing heavier. Test with a couple of crash-test dummies from front/rear impact to side impacts. Great for DIYers and small towns, but mass producing for general public makes this a law suit magnet. Manufacturers spend on R&D to get design right. Will GEICO insure? Amish would love this design!
Let's hope Big Oil's friends in Washington don't quash this invention like they did the electric car. But I wouldn't bet on it considering the MSM isn't touching the story.
So when someone says 30 miles per gallon, you think that 30 is an adjective. WOW! So it's kinda like "good" miles per gallon or "green" miles per gallon. Nope you dumb F#@K, 30 is a noun and a number just as infinity is a noun and a number. Get a clue...
Yes, "30" in "30 miles" is an adjective, moron, just like "many miles" or "several miles". Talk about clueless, I'm surprised they let you pass 3rd grade, where you should have learned such things. Only a retard could think that <noun><noun> is a proper form in English; the first noun plays an adjectival role, even if it is normally a noun, as "boy toy" or "brain fart".
Very nice! Ever since I heard my physics teacher say more cars should use solar i've always wondered about its potential. My own opinion has been it has a limited range, but without more people utilizing this possibility how do we really know? Thanks guys for making this possiblity real and giving others the option to make it real!
The cost of the car and other information can be found in one of Art's comments below. There's also a link to his website where do-it-yourself kits can be ordered.
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eprofessorjulio 1 month ago
I see problem with this, the government and motor industry will not approve of this. Just the ideal of free energy and no maintenance scares them. I would love a solar power car but we all know they will fight or delay it for years claiming its still a trial phase and drop it
dsourn 1 month ago
So when do you go into mass production?
ken10092 4 months ago
11:52 would have been cool to see his mod for the rail-road tracks,, I know he's thought about it,,
rclark23 8 months ago
I uploaded another copy of this video with complete audio. See my channel.
newfarmerfilms 8 months ago
Have you thought about re-uploading this video so the audio comes back?
orwek1 10 months ago
This is approximately the same point Henry Ford was at with his 'quadricycle' many years ago. Who knows how far it could go, eh? =D
pheenix42 10 months ago
It definitely reminds me of an Amish buggy--especially with the pylon-orange triangle across the back.
I wish this were more practical for my situation (unfortunately I have to put up with highway driving in order to get ANYWHERE, even the grocery store).
phantasmbunny 11 months ago
Nicely filmed, good interview and a fascinating subject.
TK42138 1 year ago
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Hey, we have a store in Melbourne Bch. FL. We have seen Andy's car and his sister (who just got one too) for the past year in Mel Beach. You have a picture on him on your website. We love your solar car idea and think you are a fantastic designor. We love the whole green movement and you are heading up the heard with this amazing design. We are from Maine but have lived in Florida for the past 18 years. Would love to buy one. What are the costs of the car or how do we find out more info?
MegaCaboodle 1 year ago
Hey, we have a store in Melbourne Bch. FL. We have seen Andy's car and his sister (who just got one too) for the past year in Mel Beach. You have a picture on him on your website. We love your solar car idea and think you are a fantastic designor. We love the whole green movement and you are heading up the heard with this amazing design. We are from Maine but have lived in Florida for the past 18 years. Would love to buy one. What are the costs of the car or how do we find out more info?
MegaCaboodle 1 year ago
@MegaCaboodle You can visit Art Haines's website sunnev dot com. Thanks! - New Farmer Films.
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faerydhhlo 1 year ago
at the 5:35 mark, this video looses audio
revrickw 1 year ago
I want one of these extremely bad. My gas powered car is about dead and something like this would save me.
boomer290 1 year ago
I wish i could afford something like that... My gas powered car is about dead and I can't afford to fix it.
boomer290 1 year ago
sound cuts out at 5:30
ryseancorp 1 year ago
@ryseancorp Thanks for the message, Ryan. The audio suddenly stopped a few days ago. I've sent a report to YouTube.
newfarmerfilms 1 year ago
@newfarmerfilms The audio still cuts out at 5:30. Do you have the original video to reupload? I would like to see the whole video with sound. Might want to find another site to put a copy of the video incase one goes down.
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@newfarmerfilms The sound still cuts out at 5:30......... Stupid Youtube!!
my80chevette 9 months ago
@my80chevette I've uploaded another copy. See my channel.
newfarmerfilms 8 months ago
Ingenuity at it's best.
aldenbuzz 1 year ago
Art Haines is my hero!
tamilee08 1 year ago
At Haines is my hero!
tamilee08 1 year ago
Brilliant, I can park my car at night time and no one can steal it! (unless it has a storage battery)
TimpBizkit 1 year ago
Add two more solar panels on the roof and a couple of more batteries. Would love to see the plans on this.
TheGrayman1234 1 year ago
These need to be put into production. There are investors I am sure. Do you have a WEB site? I wish you had more details about the car and less stories about the community, moving, etc.... What kind of batteries / motor / controller did you use? LED headlights? They would help lots on the battery life for night driving. Does it get the 20-30 miles you planned on? 20 minutes to go 3 miles is onloy 9 miles an hour. How steep a hill can it handle? More aerodynamic design would help,
LEDthings 1 year ago
@LEDthings For more information, contact Art Haines at his website, sunnev.com
newfarmerfilms 1 year ago
looks like smart car from village
Kipsass 1 year ago
looks like smart car from vilage :D
Kipsass 1 year ago
Shouldve made it longer and less high, more space for solar panels (i know theyre damn expensive) and more aerodynamic.
NoiteraD 1 year ago
Would it be possible to put about 8 batteries under the hood and run off of two batteries at a time (to get more voltage and speed boost), and have each group of 2 batteries labeled as (Group A, B, C and D), and then when group A is losing voltage, flip a switch to run off of Group B as the solar panel charges Group A, but when Group B is drained but not quite done charging, we still have Groups C and D to go through before flipping the switch back to freshly charged Group A then B, etc?
djbarcode5xyz 1 year ago
@djbarcode5xyz Contact Art Haines on his website. He can better answer your question.
newfarmerfilms 1 year ago
@djbarcode5xyz Contact Art Haines on his website. He can better answer your question.
newfarmerfilms 1 year ago
Very decent American car
sunrydz777 2 years ago
The car is great.Not so important how look or is not so fast Is fast enough to can travel around The most important is the car run without gas I have a question I saw the solar panel ,is not large The car use only solar power to can travel ,to keep the battery charged??? Not need to charge the battery at end of day from the power grid ?????? Can be used the roof of car to mount a second solar panel
stelicr 2 years ago
You done real good and gave those kids inspiration hats off to sir.
sharon102645 2 years ago
wait...the students build it and he uses it. he sounds like hes just cheap.
Cheshire167 2 years ago
But above all.....I still think it's cool what he's doing.
manoman0 2 years ago
I doubt Detroit CAN'T build it. When I look at it, I am actually quite glad Detroit WON'T build it. Side Impact Protection? Inflatable Restraint Systems? Tightening Seatbelts? Power Windows? A/C? LOL
manoman0 2 years ago
Maybe this will be the new Chinese Hummer H4? LOL
DontTread0nMe1776 2 years ago
Oi, mate, the Chinese just bought HUMMER....
manoman0 2 years ago
And some of you are right - we currently do not produce electricity in the cleanest ways possible. The sun and wind are free, and pretty darned clean. You're fighting HUGE money and corporate interests, though. In any event, we must move away from oil. It may sound trite, but it's true - If we kill the planet, we kill ourselves. There is no such thing as 'away' when it comes to CO2, toxic chemicals, etc. It won't go 'away'.
MORGAN999 2 years ago
If you haven't seen the movie 'Who Killed The Electric Car', you really have to. The politics behind NOT giving people clean transportation technology will boggle your mind. We already have some genius engineers and inventors who made all kinds of wonderful clean things...only to be 'killed' by the oil and auto industries. Even alternative fuels are designed to FORCE you to go to a filling station.
I applaud this gentleman! I love this little car! BRAVO, Sir!
MORGAN999 2 years ago
too fast for my taste
oksard100 2 years ago
Not too fast, that thing's just unsafe at any speed
manoman0 2 years ago
It's just a prototype. The new model has disc brakes, seat belts, directional signals, etc. -- a street legal vehicle.
newfarmerfilms 2 years ago
Hi. Sounds good, disc brakes. Well, guess improving it is a constant effort. Good luck.
manoman0 2 years ago
Damn, next thing you know he'll let someone ride in the back of a pick up. ; ]
TucsonBassPlayer 2 years ago
LOL
manoman0 2 years ago
right electric cars are not 100% harmless to the planet, seen as we get electricity by burning fossil fuels, only when u charge the car up using substainable power is it 100% harmless to the planet or unless u use solar pannels to power it like this one, just fort i wud point that out, have fun peeps
lisn92 2 years ago
yea but wat about the batterys they do harm the planet
mmar4281990 2 years ago
yeh but if they are good batteries they would last for ages, bout 5000 recharges but then they are only used to store the potential energy made from the solar pannels, so really, if the batteries die out cus of exhaustion, it wont matter cus you would be able to use them to use the car while its still daylight so yeh maybe like 98% harmless to the environment if you chuck the batteries away
lisn92 2 years ago
Looks like an Amish golf cart.
cthulufunk 2 years ago
the money is on the oil, so nobody who have oil bussines want electric cars, but people than me that love us planet yes,so my car will work by batteries, ecology and freeride 4ever
sorry 4 my english im from catalonia
ramonet27101993 2 years ago
People relax!! those idiots in Detroit can build a solar power!.Car. they just simply don't want too, why?? because the money is in the Oil! those greedy bastard would never want you to drive solar cars or any other alternative energy source.. as long as you continue to buy gas,!.. they will continue to build gas hogger vehicles. soon as you stop driving those gas hogger... only then they will consider other alternative!!. until then,.. they will keep milking the oil industry dry!!!
ujayet 2 years ago 3
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mihajlovic28 2 years ago
wow, you sure made me smile
rhinohippo 2 years ago
im sure everyone wants a car that looks like that. not.
BloodJunkie11 2 years ago
bellissimo! 5.0 star!
campaninof 2 years ago
Seems like a great project, but why not try a magnetic car that doesn't need any fuel at all? There won't be any sun to speak of after the shift. Think about it.
anitatbanana 2 years ago
"the shift"? what are you talking about?
foxrunneris 2 years ago
Great work gentleman!
ZeroGasoline 2 years ago
i dont think he had a solar panel on the roof. he should install another one on the roof and then add a second battery
lschlachter1 2 years ago
those stupid idiot in detriot can't build shit....these should be CEO of GM
guitarpikz 2 years ago
good shit! i think more people need to make these. I'm currently trying to make my own one but struggling to afford the materials. But my project is to find out the best way to make a poormans solar car. Imagine if you saw a diy solar car on instructables witha build cost less than £200 / $400
prankmypants 2 years ago
That is so cool! Where did you find the solar cells?
runnergirl36 3 years ago
This is very nice! It's about time that we started Manufacturing goods for Peacetime....
billionaireby16 3 years ago
have you considered researching if a wind turbine (like the small one they have for RVs) on your vehicle would give a little extra charge while traveling down the road?
miconn69 3 years ago
no it wont, because the turbine will add extra drag
kadakas 3 years ago 2
so nice!
captort 3 years ago
Solar panels actually polute the environment more. To make just one simple panel you need to burn dangerous chemicals that release deadly VOC's into the evironment thus, making everything worse. I have an idea, let's just walk to your jobs or ride a bike. That will surely stimulate our economy.
freedomfighter252 3 years ago
In what part of the manufacturing process is that?
malcomxtreme 3 years ago
Smelting and adding paint.
freedomfighter252 3 years ago
hi i want this program can u send me a link to get it since i can't find it and it's it's on autodesk then i can't get it but i need it for designing vehicles
zobraman33 3 years ago
there's more sunlight above the clouds. also, you have more surface area on a sort of disk shaped fuselage, or perhaps even better, sort of flattened toroidal fuselage perhaps. the fuselage can be carbon fiber to reduce weight. power is free solar, then run that electric power thru a Seversky Ionocraft air propulsion grid. notice you get rid of the junk weight of wheels, suspension, and any sort of engine. also, Seversky Ionocraft has efficiency of scale, so do the thin film solar photovltaics.
jcfdillon 3 years ago
Maybe adding a tilting roof so the top solar panel can be aimed at the sun better for better charging. Not to be driven that way, (unless very slow) but it can increase the efficiency of the panel by 40%. My 2 cents
toobroke2fight 3 years ago
Nice video
patrick31031976 3 years ago
IF WE GAVE YOU 25 BILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THROWING IT IN THE DUMPSTER AT FORD/DODGE/JEEP/CHRYLER ...we could get 5 million vehicles @ 5k each...sweet.
bubbs747 3 years ago 6
you didnt tell us whats the AMP of solar panel to charge the battery and which typo battery you use and how long it lasts etc !
nadeem5476 3 years ago
yes! high school students rule!
blabbershnitz 3 years ago 2
Is that program autodesk inverter i use that at my school
yoshi4life100 3 years ago
When you have an average Joe making a car like this, just imagine what secets the oil companies have locked up... It's so sad. People are going to figure it out one day, so why not just tell us how to get off of that black poison?
samirasw6 3 years ago 2
lol "we ewnted make it look more like a hummer" lol! or did i missunderstood?? :)
im laughing but i have many respect for such a project.
igualnimp 3 years ago
Great car! Too bad you are not mass-producing it.
hawaiidoves 3 years ago
Great achievement. Only one thing, why not a solar panel on the roof?
Cr3ativity 3 years ago 5
In a way it reminds me of a car from the 1920's or 1930's like a model "T" ford.
Redshift21 3 years ago 2
this is a great educational hobby. You certainly havn't wasted your time, It is the small car of the future's little brother.
99cachorro 3 years ago
I think you guys should have put the solar panel on the roof of the vehicle. I like the idea and seeing it run is a great invention.
amniceguy2008 3 years ago 2
If you're going to build from scratch you might as well aim to build something with performance that a production electric golf cart with solar panels tacked on couldn't match. I don't see it here.
ackpht 3 years ago
Maybe if you weren't retarded you would notice that he addressed the issue of converting a golf cart and why he didn't.
theclaybox 3 years ago
Obviously because he wanted to build his own- but that doesn't make it some advance in technology.
ackpht 2 years ago
Fun project.I'd be willing to bet most of us old guys- kinda like Art - read about projects like this in the 50's and 60's in Science and Mechanics, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mechanics Illustrated and all the "Guy" mags we had. Hey Art...remember the "King Midget" built in Akron Ohio? Great gas milage...easily repairable at any hardware store. Why not now? NANNY STATE and Leftists who want the all powerful socialist government to dictate what we can have. Continued in part 2.
theprisonersix 3 years ago
It's NOt the oil companies it's the farking leftist who won't let people do things. As someone else posted...License, Insurance, Safety equipment? Ok..anyone ever hear of neighborhood or farm vehicles? Nix to that in PA! Mopeds...nopers! FQIQ I drive a Durango and it's incredible! Best all around vehicle - for my family - EVAR! Don't give a hoot about milage, I need to carry people and materials over a daily 40 mile radius. It does that very well.
theprisonersix 3 years ago
They could have put solar panels on the roof! It does not have all the tings necessary for DoT approval, so it is no different than a scooter...definitely not street legal. A fun project for kids who learn nothing useful in school. We need to bring back "SHOP" classes, something even I missed. I only got electronics in a local learning center for computer repair certification...which I got kicked out of, because the teacher knew less than I did. Fortunately, I read the book!
videojockeysword 3 years ago
When you have an average Joe making a car like this, just imagine what secets the oil companies have locked up... It's so sad. People are going to figure it out one day, so why not just tell us how to get off of that black poison?
LiquidMetalBand 3 years ago
How much to buy one? Can you tell me how to buy it. Thanks.
meinasalon 3 years ago
Do a Google search for sunnev. That's Art's website for the car kit.
newfarmerfilms 3 years ago
how do you drive on the road with no license plate and no insurance? oh, and if its a fifteen minute drive, why not buy a bike? excercise is vital for living a healthy, long life...
DChappelle27 3 years ago
wonderful innovation...
fingercheese 3 years ago 3
Great concept, great production.
This is exactly how Ford started out at the turn of the 20th Century.
toeg1 3 years ago
Yes, we should utilize the solar energy.
Ronwang 3 years ago
hi mr haines
zharif84 3 years ago
i want one its so gas saving!!!!!
gmankan 3 years ago
yea man country people rock :)
toamaori 3 years ago
Hi I really like this idea. Do you need a driver's license or car insurance? Good luck with the new model.
anime1245x 3 years ago
That kind of car I want some day :) nice!
aadesig 3 years ago
neat toy!!
hawkermustang 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
this is so cool
tmonster 3 years ago
It would be awesome if they can sell their plans online for a fee. I would buy it.
drake2919 3 years ago
We own property on a Caribbean Island (Little Cayman) where the speed limit is 25 mph island wide. This car would be perfect for almost everyone there if our government would just grant a special license for it. Lots of Caribbean islands could use them.
CaymanWolfe 3 years ago
where would we be if the model t started of as solar
mynonsense 3 years ago
i am pablo from buenos aires, i saw your racing machine here and i was wondered about that, i am planning to built one for me.
but i dont know anything about electricity, if you are kind could you please help me if i need help?, thank you very ver much.
and sory for my bad english
pabli2010 3 years ago
Great video, really enjoyed it.
But you forget to mention the specs like the type of battery that it uses and the overall cost of the vehicle..
atlanticus 3 years ago
This is the kind of project that very well may shape the lives of the young people that participated in it. We need more people like Art to involve our youth. They are our future. My hat is off to you sir.
steppapajon 3 years ago
Way to go!
Good job all together!
Hope you will make a "stage 2" or something with some design students, too.
:)
just kidding.
Concept of the future!!!
frogeye3000 3 years ago 3
Dear Art,Thank you very much. It's great.
Minuvash 3 years ago
Relative short term answer, nuclear plants and electric vehicles. Longer term, when they become available, fusion and orbital solar power and electric vehicles.
kenth68 4 years ago
it's not infinite, it'd undefined... div by zero
ksw3153 4 years ago
when you divide a number by zero it is undefined because an infinite amount fo zeros can go into any other number...
so yes, infinite mpg
DolphinPhan 3 years ago 2
Oh, and cool video :D
DolphinPhan 3 years ago
f(x)=1/x, singularity is near...
subach 3 years ago
What a nice guy
isi2isi67 4 years ago 6
I'm doing a solar powered car for my ppp project! thanks for the idea!!
skaterboyiscool 4 years ago 3
Electric cars are too reliable. They have two few parts to break and repair and replace. Over the lifespan of the car, it will require too little maintenance. This means less profit for the maker and the dealer over the life of the car.
timberbridge 4 years ago 5
You're right. A conventional electric motor can last 100,000 hours.
That's equal to 6 million kms. Compared to 300,000km before your average ICE dies of heat stress.
tsport100 3 years ago 5
Art Haines, your solar car has more heart than any others I've seen.
thinazzabird 4 years ago 5
this car is cool, but its UGLY
caraddict520 4 years ago
nice job. Detroit can't because everytime they try, the gas companies kill them.
techforumz 4 years ago
ha, that is so true too. someday very soon we will have no choice to change our greedy u.s.a. antics or we will simply wither away...
panhead55 3 years ago
Thanks for this post,,,anyone that can get kids,out of the computer/beadroom gets my vote,,great work man,i wish the world had more folks like you.
those kids may now have a good future,and an interest in there futures too,,thanks again.
forgmebadman 4 years ago 3
the real answer is AN E85 HYBRID!!! think of how clean that would be??? using less would dramatically help lots of problems with problems related to producing ethanol! ***you can also mix your gas up to 30% ethanol and it will be fine for your car*** pump in a few gallons and help the USA and the environment
BuyUSAsEthanolKilOil 4 years ago
ethanol is the worst source of ALL. Ok, maybe nuclear is worse, but it's right behind. More energy goes into producing eth. than out.
techforumz 4 years ago
well then if brazil is completely dependant on ethanol then where do they get all that energy to produce it??? Its just kinda wierd to me why people always take the "its impostible" view on biofuels right away... i mean there is a country of over 200 million people that is completely independant from oil and still people SAY DUMB ASS SHIT LIKE THAT
BuyUSAsEthanolKilOil 4 years ago
E85 hybrid is not the best answer. a diesel hybrid would be way better, but still not the best, a plug in diesel hybrid would be better, but the real answer, or so i believe, is electric. as Art has shown, you can get our electricity from the sun, which makes it free. even if you get your electricity from coal, its still cleaner than gasoline, and if you live in places like california, than chances are you get your electriciy from air, so it is the cleanest method.
redhotcustoms 4 years ago
On the other end of the spectrum you have the Venturi Astrolab solar car, but that costs over $100,000! You can find the Venturi and many more electric cars on EVtransPortal dot com.
tttthephantom 4 years ago
According to his website it's 5,279 for the parts. However, it's FREAKEN SOLAR ENERGY! Gah, I want one of these soooooo bad!
themaster408 4 years ago
Your car is awesome!!!
victorgrigas 4 years ago
How much did alll of this cost
hugens26 4 years ago
Nice Video.. inspiring
xxxxpopoy 4 years ago
Check out my solar powered prius video. 70 MPG and if you do less than 6 miles per day and 42mph you never have to buy gas or plug in again.
energyadvertiser 4 years ago
Congratulations! Q's: What initial goals/objectives were implemented? Also, do you have any more details about the design, the components used and where you obtained them. I too would like to try a similar project with the help of others here at our local high school. Also - final costs of the project? Could you post a contact address so I can sent you mine?
hsk01945 4 years ago
Contact Art directly at the email address at the end of the movie. He has a website for the solar car.
newfarmerfilms 4 years ago
specs? I might wanna build one.
techforumz 4 years ago
Check the comments for specs from Art, along with his website address.
newfarmerfilms 4 years ago
Hallo, grundsätzlich eine tolle Idee. Aber ich denke, dass der Luftwiderstand zu groß ist und dass deshalb die Reichweite geringer ist. Wie wäre es mit einem Fahrzeug das einen geringen Luftwiderstand aufweist. So schön sieht es ja auch nicht aus....
Gruss Werner
Barkas1976 4 years ago
Great film, very well done. The topic is also a great one, thanks for making it on such an important topic.
sarpicaste 4 years ago
hahah nice
tormentor87 4 years ago
nice work!
sustainabletech 4 years ago
awesome, they could put an ondemand hydrogen generator to produce electricity through internal combustion in the trunk area and have a mega huge range as they could store hydrogen fuel in carbonfiber tank $700
OrganicDrew 4 years ago
most people only need to go a few miles a trip,that
thing would save around 10 bucks per trip..awesome
just shows how bad GM IS SCREWING US BY KILLING THE
ELECTRIC CAR
rockondon 4 years ago
what a hooptie
tribalairbrushing 4 years ago
Gotta say, that's the most po-dunk Subway I've ever seen.
Mois52 4 years ago
It's not infinite MPG. You'll run out of electricity before the sun can recharge your batteries. And then you have to sit and wait until you have some juice. Not that it isn't a bad thing, but it's too ridiculous.
Raisinjeff 4 years ago
damn, i think they were using sarcasm. jeez mr. perfection
JUKIO01 4 years ago
Maybe I shouldn't have shared my opinion. Oh wait, comments weren't disabled for this video. I think this car is far from perfection, since it doesn't look like it'd be too safe in an accident.
Raisinjeff 4 years ago
Not to be party-pooper, but remember Ford Explorers rolling over, the A pillar on driver's side collapse and kill the driver? Car won't run 70mph, but you'll be sharing road with faster cars and weighing heavier. Test with a couple of crash-test dummies from front/rear impact to side impacts. Great for DIYers and small towns, but mass producing for general public makes this a law suit magnet. Manufacturers spend on R&D to get design right. Will GEICO insure? Amish would love this design!
yrralebutuoy 4 years ago
Why not put a solar panel on the back as well and mabye thin film solar panels could work like stan ovshinsky.
ripperarn 4 years ago
Let's hope Big Oil's friends in Washington don't quash this invention like they did the electric car. But I wouldn't bet on it considering the MSM isn't touching the story.
keithm940 4 years ago
Any place we can see the specs? Like type, capacity, and efficiency of solar cells, batteries, etc?
Kokyunage 4 years ago
Art lists the specs in an ealier comment, but here they are again:
Weight: 350 pounds
Cost: about $2000 to build. It has an Advanced DC 2-5 HP motor, Curtis controller and three 12 Volt Lead acid deep cycle batteries.
newfarmerfilms 4 years ago
libbybapa, what the hell are you talking about?! Infinity means (according to the dictionary)
a: the quality of being infinite b: unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity : boundlessness.
So, to be 'GRAMATICALLY CORRECT', you are an idiot!
ssfrench 5 years ago
Stop showing how ignorant you are.
jeffgrave 4 years ago
Apparently that's all you know how to say, showing how ignorant *you* are. "infinity" is a noun, so "infinity miles" is wrong.
jqbtube 4 years ago
So when someone says 30 miles per gallon, you think that 30 is an adjective. WOW! So it's kinda like "good" miles per gallon or "green" miles per gallon. Nope you dumb F#@K, 30 is a noun and a number just as infinity is a noun and a number. Get a clue...
libbybapa 4 years ago
Yes, "30" in "30 miles" is an adjective, moron, just like "many miles" or "several miles". Talk about clueless, I'm surprised they let you pass 3rd grade, where you should have learned such things. Only a retard could think that <noun><noun> is a proper form in English; the first noun plays an adjectival role, even if it is normally a noun, as "boy toy" or "brain fart".
jqbtube 4 years ago
Going to save the link to the site ;)
Very nice! Ever since I heard my physics teacher say more cars should use solar i've always wondered about its potential. My own opinion has been it has a limited range, but without more people utilizing this possibility how do we really know? Thanks guys for making this possiblity real and giving others the option to make it real!
johan28 5 years ago
Nice work! =) how much did it cost to build?
linuxcurious 5 years ago
The cost of the car and other information can be found in one of Art's comments below. There's also a link to his website where do-it-yourself kits can be ordered.
newfarmerfilms 5 years ago
You should make them and sell them!!!
SModikoane 5 years ago
this nigga left new hampshire because it was way too hectic?
grgrgrgff 5 years ago
Stop showing how ignorant you are.
jeffgrave 4 years ago