40 km/h Homemade Solar Car (dramatic reconstruction)

Hi!, This is my 2014 summer vacation project cuz i had nothing to do 🙂

Technical questions will be answered in the comments below! (edit: I have already answered a few questions, so please scroll down before asking. thanks!)

I decided to upgrade my kid’s Power Wheels Dune Racer with better technology. This was a really fun project. The kids love not having to stop and ask for a battery recharge every 30 minutes. Now I just need to add Joule Ringer powered headlights.
Parts list and links at: http://laserhacker.com/
LaserSaber online store at: http://teslamaker.com/

40 thoughts on “40 km/h Homemade Solar Car (dramatic reconstruction)”

  1. hey can u tell me the overall cost of this project? so that io would consider it for my final year project.
    pls reply!!

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  2. VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE ANSWER FAST!!!! how many watts did the solar panels produce????????? Please answer fast this is important

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  3. sweet project!  you could also use 1" electrical conduit metal pipe for a frame… flatten the ends with a hammer and drill holes in it to accommodate screws to hold it together.  and I saw a fella that replaced his car battery with super capacitors… those might work as well for this project.

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  4. Great video! I'd like to build one of these for my grandkids. If all works out as well as your project has, I might tackle larger, more practical projects. Thanks.

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  5. I had saw bright cloudy day with filtered sun that will give you around, 20 to 30 watts from your 60 watts solar panel. Try it during bright sunny days in cooler days for longer ride time.

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  6. Put the 100-panel solar home before the e-car.

    The fastest & safest way to stop global warming is to
    build 100-panel solar homes.

    The most amazing race to watch is the race to shut down all nukes in Germany by 2-26-2022.
    In only 6 years Germany will shut down all its nukes by building 100,000 new 100-panel solar homes
    & 100,000 new windmills.

    If Germany can do this so can California, but only if we build
    a massive number of decentralized 100-panel solar homes.

    We do not want centralized, giant solar farms, controlled by Big Oil, which controls most of the ideas coming out of Stanford U.,

    We do not want "Clean Power SF" which was created by Shell Oil.
    Read the article "Feeding the beast to green the planet?"
    on line, in Solar Times.

    Yes you can build a 100-panel solar home.
    It takes less time and costs less money that flying to a rally
    at the UN in NYC.

    Please vote for Supervisor Scott Wiener, the author of the great SF law that requires all new buildings to be solar powered.

    Scott is running for State Senate in California.
    Help Scott continue his great work in the Senate.

    This will give the working class the lions share of income from selling solar onto the grid.

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  7. When are we going to get the first filmed fatal solar-powered car crash? Seriously though, selling stored (if that will be possible) solar power could be an export industry for Third World nations.

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  8. Good video! I want to do something like this with my boys, but want to build from scratch… will have to explore more videos on youtube

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  9. Great science project. Power Wheels should come up with this idea because it is terrific without the main electricity charging the battery.

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