Solar Powered Bike

Here's a quick video of my electric bike and solar panel kit that charges it. The bike has a 200w motor and a 13ah battery. The bike is power assist, so the motor kicks in when you are pedaling and it makes going up hills a breeze, although you still have to work. The solar panel system that charges the bike is 3 x 80w panels on the roof, down to 20A regulator and 4 x 130ah deep cycle batteries up to a 600w pure sine inverter. The bike draws around 50 amps when charging the battery, and a full charge takes around 4 to 5 hours or so. The solar setup is of course overkill for charging an electric bike, but I use the solar power for other things too. Eventually I'd like to build the solar kit to charge an electric car, when that time comes. My goal was to have a zero emissions mode of powered transport, and this is what has been achieved with the solar powered bike. :)

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Science & Technology

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• solar powered bike
• solar power
• electric bike
• batteries
• 600w inverter

[7188181]

Zero carbon emissions is a joke! Electric bikes result in far more emissions of lead than automobiles. They always use more batteries per mile than almost any other vehicle. And please tell us the truth on how long it really takes to fully recharge the batteries.

[enviergy]

Ahhhh, not sure where the "joke" is about zero emissions from an electric bike that is recharged off solar panels. I'll type slow for you so even you can understand.

To say that electric bikes that are recharged from solar panels produce more carbon emissions than "automobiles" is a dumb statement.

And the battery takes around 5 hours to fully recharge from empty, and this recharge process uses 55w continuous over that 5 hour period.

[enviergy]

I will get a video up shortly of the bike in action. I'm a bit of a n00b with the video camera tho, so it could be a bit iffy. =)

[enviergy]

You're a moron. Go find another bridge to troll from.

[ezdeezytube]

Thanks for posting your video. I've been wanting to charge my electric bike with solar too, I just am still researching on how to best do this with a very small budget.

[weeweeeewee]

Why not just put a microwave motor on? Or whatever is in a microwave lol. 1000W baby!

[witecracker2]

You are my hero...

[woutervddn]

I'm not shooting your project down, I love it! But you do know your solar panels have silicon that's doped in a nuclear plant, right?

[Kajoyra]

This is awesome!

[tedirelan]

Good On Ya Mate.

[xxwesdogxx]

well i guess it's technically solar powered but i was looking for a bike with panels on it.....

[Jonz6661]

@nobster3 less batteries could be used, but i suppose he has more than he needs because the solar charger is working all day, so why not store it all?

[JUKIO01]

@enviergy u tell that stupid ass mother fucker!

[MrXedres]

you made that thats impressive