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    A solar vehicle or solar electric vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic (PV)...
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    The Aptera is a two-seat, three-wheeled solar electric vehicle under development by the crowd-funded American car manufacturer Aptera Motors. The stated...
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    A solar car is a solar vehicle for use on public roads or race tracks. Solar vehicles are electric vehicles that use self-contained solar cells to provide...
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    commercialization Solar energy Solar lamp Solar vehicle Sustainable energy Thin-film solar cell Timeline of solar cells "Global Solar Atlas". globalsolaratlas...
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    electric vehicle), solar panel (solar vehicle) or fuel cell (fuel cell vehicle). A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines...
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    either passive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include...
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    Floating solar; water-borne solar panels Solar planes Solar-powered water purification Solar-pumped lasers Solar vehicles Solar water heating Solar panels...
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    Electric vehicles that operate off of solar energy and/or sunlight are commonly referred to as solar cars.[citation needed] These vehicles use solar panels...
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    lightweight solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). As of 23 July 2010 it holds the endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle of over 2 weeks...
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    promote their concepts for practical solar vehicles for adoption on a broader scale. Contrary to previous solar vehicle race classes that focus primarily...
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    Solar-powered Stirling engine Solar-powered watch Solar-pumped laser Solar roadway Solar Spark Lighter Solar still Solar vehicle Solar balloon Solar boat...
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    South Australia. The event was created to foster the development of solar-powered vehicles. The WSC attracts teams from around the world, most of which are...
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    Space-based solar power (SBSP or SSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to...
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    A solar lamp, also known as a solar light or solar lantern, is a lighting system composed of an LED lamp, solar panels, battery, charge controller and...
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    trolleybuses. Solar energy is a more modern development, and several solar vehicles have been successfully built and tested, including Helios, a solar-powered...
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  • with solar-powered air conditioning. A self-contained solar vehicle would have limited power and utility, but a solar-charged electric vehicle allows...
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    A solar inverter or photovoltaic (PV) inverter is a type of power inverter which converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic solar...
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    and as photosensors. A photovoltaic system employs solar modules, each comprising a number of solar cells, which generate electrical power. PV installations...
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  • other solar technologies, such as concentrated solar power or solar thermal, used for heating and cooling. A solar array only encompasses the solar panels...
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    Solar shingles, also called photovoltaic shingles, are solar panels designed to look like and function as conventional roofing materials, such as asphalt...
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  • Solar car racing refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car...
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  • list of solar car racing teams. Renewable energy portal Energy portal World Solar Challenge North American Solar Challenge "Covestro Adelie solar car makes...
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    "solar bus" normally implies that solar energy is used not only for powering electric equipment on the bus, but also for the propulsion of the vehicle...
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    A rooftop solar power system, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic (PV) system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted on the rooftop...
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    From BIPV to Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaics Opportunities for Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics VIPV and infrared harvesting Solar vehicles Yang, Rebecca...
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    corresponding to a maximum photocurrent; this property was used for the creation of solar cells.[citation needed] Many substances besides metals discharge negative...
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    A solar mirror contains a substrate with a reflective layer for reflecting the solar energy, and in most cases an interference layer. This may be a planar...
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    A solar-powered watch or light-powered watch is a watch that is powered entirely or partly by a solar cell. A model produced from 1978 by the Riehl Time...
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    Charge Solar vehicle Vehicle-to-grid Commercial projects: Battery electric multiple unit ECOtality GridPoint IAV Magne Charge Plugless Power Solar Roadways...
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    A perovskite solar cell (PSC) is a type of solar cell that includes a perovskite-structured compound, most commonly a hybrid organic–inorganic lead or...
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