Cucumber tree: How to DESIGN a SOLAR CAR, combining the Nissan Leaf's 73 mile range, 4-6 hours charging time and legal roadworthiness, with the Solar SUNNev's light weight, and legal road worthiness on Maine backroads, vis-a-vis WUaS's Solar Vehicle wiki page, and bring it to market for learning purposes?

How to design a solar car, combining the Nissan Leaf's 73 mile range, 4-6 hours charging time and legal roadworthiness, and broad, consumer appeal, with the already solar, Sunnev's light weight, and legal road worthiness, off-the-shelf, Do It Yourself, albeit funky, on Maine backroads, vis-a-vis WUaS's Solar Vehicle, wiki page, (and bring this to market for learning purposes)?

Solar Vehicle: 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Vehicle

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicles

Battery Technologies: 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Battery_Technologies

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Nissan Leaf at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Leaf

Nissan USA Leaf:
http://www.nissanusa.com/electric-cars/leaf/

Nissan Leaf at Consumers Reports:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/nissan/leaf.htm



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SUNN - solar powered electric car kit:  
http://www.sunnev.com/

Sunnev DIY solar car:
http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/09/21/sunnev-diy-solar-car/


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Here are some related WUaS, wiki Subjects for further design and exploration ...

Battery Technologies:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Battery_Technologies

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicles

Energy Technologies:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Technologies

Geothermal Energy:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Geothermal_Energy

Hydropower:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hydropower

Ocean and Climate Management Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ocean_%26_Climate_Management_Plan

Science:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science


Solar Energy:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Energy

Solar Engineering:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Engineering

Solar Trailer Designing:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Trailer_Designing

Solar Vehicle:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Vehicle


Wind Energy:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Energy

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Near Crissy Field and the Beach Hut Cafe in the National Recreation Area near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, I saw this a few days ago: with two electric chargers, from solar energy as well as wind energy from 3 windmills (you can only see one windmill here), and charging two hybrid cars. (See, too: http://www.homepower.com/articles/vehicles/all-electric/golden-gate-green - which I may add to WUaS's Electric and Hybrid Vehicles).

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n5RSJXvf200/UdXyDTbOpJI/AAAAAAAACMc/p56CdUEQHV4/w703-h527-no/20130702_152055.jpg

See, again, WUaS related links: 

Solar Vehicle: 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Vehicle

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicles

Battery Technologies: 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Battery_Technologies


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Add a solar trailer to all of this, like a large 18 wheeler truck for solar panel exposure, and as much light weight battery storage inside for efficient energy to weight ratios?

Solar Trailer Designing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Trailer_Designing



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In searching for how to design your own car, I found these links -

Create A Ride Make Design Your Own Car Game

http://www.guzer.com/games/createaride.php


Design your own car

http://www.designyourowncar.org/ -


both of which I may add to WUaS.


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How then might WUaS hire the faculty eventually who enjoy designing solar vehicles, and collaborate with Nissan, or similar, for example, to bring a viable, consumer-friendly, solar car to market?





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