Introduction to solar vehicle construction.

In this world of fuel and gas powered vehicles, there is an increasing need for reduction of environmental pollution by limiting the release of greenhouse gases into the environment. Every vehicle which uses engines and fossil fuels to power them emit carbon monoxides when the fuel doesn’t burn completely, hydrocarbons from the exhaust and harmful nitrogen oxides. When hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides combine in sunlight, they produce ozone. Ozone in the atmosphere closer to surface contributes to smog and causes respiratory problems. Air pollutants emitted from cars contribute to problems such as cancer, asthma, heart disease, birth defects and eye irritation. Keeping in mind the disastrous effects of the poisonous gases emitted due to vehicles, the best possible solution is to replace these vehicles with Eco-friendly electric vehicles. Solar electric vehicle is one of the fancy ideas in the modern day world. The present day world’s best idea of reducing the pollution and use of fossil fuels. 

By making use of available technology with changed specifications and by positioning the components in appropriate places the performance of the vehicle can be improved. There are many ways of building an electric vehicle. Some of the ways in which this problem is addressed is by charging the batteries using electricity in residences and placing them in vehicles which is a tiring job as the batteries are heavy and the user is paying for the charging of batteries. Charging the batteries using solar panels which are kept in an appropriate place and then using them in vehicles is a debatable idea considering the weight of the batteries and the possibility of unavailability of solar panels at the destination. Directly using the solar panels on the vehicle to run the motor is a limited approach as a large number of panels are required to run a high capacity motor and the vehicle stands constrained to work only when the solar panels are producing some power. Considering all these, concentrating on using solar panels on the vehicle to charge a high capacity battery which can be used at all times of the day and night feels appropriate in this generation.

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