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2 Wheels · 3 Wheels The Sun Trip – Crossing Continents on Solar Bikes Imagine a race where the only fuel allowed is the sunshine that lands on your bike. That is The Sun Trip — an overland adventure inspired… 
2 Wheels Sola.Bike 2 person bike with solar roof This solar e-bike was built with a clear mission: to minimize plastic use while maintaining durability and everyday practicality. The main frame is made from steel,… 
2 Wheels DIY Off-Grid Solar E-Bike by Andreas Lemmer Not every solar bike needs panels on the bike. Andreas Lemmer from Portugal went the other way and built a tiny off-grid charging station just for… 
3 Wheels Nuna 3 – Delft’s Record Run at 102.75 km/h Long before Nuna 7, the students from Delft University of Technology had made the World Solar Challenge their own. Their third car, Nuna 3, won the… 
3 Wheels Sunswift IVy – The Fastest Car on Pure Solar Power How fast can a car go on sunlight alone, with no battery at all? In January 2011 the students of UNSW Sunswift in Sydney set out… 
3 Wheels · Trailer Solartaxi – The First Trip Around the World by Solar Car Some people dream of driving around the world. Louis Palmer, a Swiss schoolteacher from Lucerne, dreamed of doing it without a drop of fuel. In 2004… 
4 Wheels Venturi Eclectic – The Sun-and-Wind City Car from Monaco In 2006 the Monaco-based electric-vehicle maker Venturi surprised the Paris Motor Show with a car that looked like a friendly little robot. Venturi called the Eclectic… 
4 Wheels Lightyear 0 – The First Production Solar Car What if your car simply charged itself while it stood in the parking lot? That was the promise of the Lightyear 0, built by the Dutch… 
4 Wheels Maize & Blue – Michigan’s 1993 National Champion The University of Michigan has one of the most successful solar car teams in the world. Its later racer Momentum is already on our site. Maize… 
5+ Wheels Királyrét Solar Railcar – A Forest Train Running on Sunshine North of Budapest, a small narrow-gauge forest railway climbs from the Danube town of Kismaros into the wooded Börzsöny hills to Királyrét. In summer, some of… 
5+ Wheels Byron Bay Solar Train – The First Solar-Powered Passenger Train Solar mobility is not only about bikes and cars. In Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, a beautifully restored vintage train runs along the coast powered… 
5+ Wheels Lunokhod 1 – The First Solar-Charged Rover on the Moon Long before Mars rovers, the first remote-controlled vehicle to drive on another world was solar-charged. Lunokhod 1 ("moon walker") landed in the Mare Imbrium on 17… 
Boats MS Staffelseerin – 137 km on One Battery Charge Lake Staffelsee near Murnau in Upper Bavaria, with its islands and its view of the Alps, is a favourite spot for cyclists. Since 2024 it has… 
Boats Malt’s Mermaid – Across the Pacific on Sunlight Kenichi Horie is a legend of Japanese sailing. In 1962 he famously sailed alone across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco. In 1996 he set… 
Boats Energy Observer – Sun, Wind and Hydrogen at Sea Where PlanetSolar proved that solar power alone can cross oceans, Energy Observer asked the next question: what if a boat could make all its own energy,… 
Planes Pathfinder-Plus – Solar Wing Record at 80,201 Feet NASA's dream of a solar aircraft that could fly for months like a satellite was developed step by step. Pathfinder-Plus was the second step, between the… 
Planes Sunseeker II – First Solar Plane Across the Alps Long before Solar Impulse, one man was quietly flying solar planes he had built himself. Eric Raymond, a hang-gliding pioneer from California, founded Solar Flight and… 
Planes NASA Helios – The Solar Wing That Flew to 29 km Picture a wing longer than a jumbo jet's, as thin as a surfboard, covered in solar cells and driven by fourteen small propellers. That was Helios,… 
Trailer the Tin Tent by David Humbert All solar electric live aboard converted cargo trailer that I lived out of for 1½ years. 740 watts of solar panels, with a 4,692 wh 24v… 
Trailer SolarTrails by SolarTrails Hi, and thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Zsolt Biró, and I’m from Western Hungary. I ride a “normal” bike I converted… 
Boats Serpentine Solar Shuttle – London’s Solar Boat in Hyde Park If you have walked through Hyde Park in summer, you may have seen it: a curved, glass-and-steel shell gliding silently across the Serpentine. The Serpentine Solar… 
4 Wheels Toyota RaRa II – A Solar Car Built to Lead Marathons Picture a marathon in Japan around 1990. In front of the runners, instead of a car with a noisy engine and exhaust, rolls a flat, quiet… 
Planes Ingenuity – The Solar-Charged Helicopter That Flew on Mars The smallest solar vehicle on our site may also be the most famous. Ingenuity was a helicopter of about 1.8 kg that rode to Mars under… 
3 Wheels Solarcamper by Peter Freitag The Solarcamper built by Peter Freitag is quickly becoming one of the most impressive DIY solar-vehicle projects in the German-speaking world. With a clear goal in… 
4 Wheels GM Sunraycer – Winner of the First World Solar Challenge Every solar race car you see today owes something to Sunraycer. In 1987 the very first World Solar Challenge sent a field of experimental solar vehicles… 
5+ Wheels Lunokhod 2 – 39 km on the Moon, a Record for 41 Years Two years after Lunokhod 1, the Soviet Union sent an improved rover to the Moon. Lunokhod 2 landed with the Luna 21 lander in the Le… How it works
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