8 December 2012, Saturday

Today, I was looking at the strengths and weaknesses of solar-powered cars and was also looking at the different models of solar-powered cars. Even though, I already looked at the strengths and weaknesses before, but today I was searching it in more detail. There is actually more weaknesses than the strengths, just as I thought. One of the weaknesses that a solar-powered car has is that the power won’t work in tunnels, cloudy sky, covered buildings or garages and many more. The storage of the power from the sun is an issue too. Also, the fact that solar panels are very expensive makes it less demanding. The models of solar-powered cars so far are very different to the cars in the road. There are normal cars with solar panels on the roof of the car and there are also cars that are long, wide and very flat. This makes the car wind resistance, and it can only be available to one person even though that the dimension is large. This also reduces the overall weight of the car.

I would eventually hope that I can finally start on designing the car now after gathering large quantity of information.

Deaton, Jamie Page. "Are Solar-powered Vehicles Still a Possibility?" HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2012. <http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/vehicles/solar-powered-vehicle-possibility2.htm>.