Could the Solar Bug bring the sun to the car market?

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1115/p01s10-ussc.html

Could the Solar Bug bring the sun to the car market?

Steve Titus is among those entrepreneurs trying to create and market an affordable, renewable-energy vehicle – a step beyond gas-electric hybrids.

By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Santa Monica, Calif.

In the local airport parking lot, Steve Titus clicks shut the lightweight fiberglass door of his fireman-yellow "Solar Bug."

It looks like another bug – a Volkswagen one – that got sliced in half by a band saw, then pinched front to back by the Jolly Green Giant.

Mr. Titus straddles the saddle-style seat and revs the Hi-Torque Pancake motor. It whirs away quietly, reaching a top speed of 40 miles per hour in a few seconds.

On display at a recent alternative-car expo here, this is Titus's second and latest rendering of a solar-powered car concept. It gets up to a fourth of its 60-mile capacity from 200 watts of roof-mounted solar panels.

Titus is among those entrepreneurs trying to create and market an affordable, renewable-energy vehicle – a step beyond gas-electric hybrids.

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[kestrel91316]

1. 40 mph is all I need for my daily commute, and 60 miles on a charge-up

would last me ALL WEEK, lol. If it has room for a couple armloads of crap and/or bags of groceries or the occasional cat carrier, that's all I need. I could RENT a regular car for the rare out-of-town trip.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. More information here

http://www.freedrive-ev.com/