The solar-powered vehicle on display on a closed road, in Guyancourt, south of Paris. Solar panels on the roof of the vehicle, called Stella Vita, generate enough energy to drive and live off the grid. — AP
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A group of Dutch students has reimagined van life and is hitting the road to Portugal. Just don’t call their groundbreaking new solar-powered vehicle a campervan.
“We call it a self-sustaining house on wheels,” said Lotte van Dasler, part of a team from the Technical University in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven. “We are independent in terms of our energy. A camper isn’t, and we are. So I think that we make something new. New concept, new idea and new future – sustainable future.”
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The solar-powered vehicle on display on a closed road, in Guyancourt, south of Paris. Solar panels on the roof of the vehicle, called Stella Vita, generate enough energy to drive and live off the grid. — AP
A group of Dutch students has reimagined van life and is hitting the road to Portugal. Just don’t call their groundbreaking new solar-powered vehicle a campervan. — AP
The sleek, odd-looking mobile home took a test drive Friday at a Renault facility outside Paris. — AP
The student team says that, on a sunny day, it is capable of traveling 730 kilometers (454 miles) at a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph). And thanks to its 60 kilowatt hours battery it can drive 600 kilometers (373 miles) at night. — AP
The student team says that, on a sunny day, it is capable of traveling 730 kilometers (454 miles) at a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph). And thanks to its 60 kilowatt hours battery it can drive 600 kilometers (373 miles) at night. — AP
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