Infinity Miles Per Gallon: Art Haines and the Solar Car
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at
12:00 am
Want a solar Car? Mechanical designer Art Haines, of Maine, built one from scratch with the help of high school students. If they can do it, why can’t Detroit?
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Great car! Too bad …
Great car! Too bad you are not mass-producing it.
Great achievement. …
Great achievement. Only one thing, why not a solar panel on the roof?
In a way it reminds …
In a way it reminds me of a car from the 1920′s or 1930′s like a model “T” ford.
Maybe if you …
Maybe if you weren’t retarded you would notice that he addressed the issue of converting a golf cart and why he didn’t.
this is a great …
this is a great educational hobby. You certainly havn’t wasted your time, It is the small car of the future’s little brother.
Do a Google search …
Do a Google search for sunnev. That’s Art’s website for the car kit.
I think you guys …
I think you guys should have put the solar panel on the roof of the vehicle. I like the idea and seeing it run is a great invention.
If you’re going to …
If you’re going to build from scratch you might as well aim to build something with performance that a production electric golf cart with solar panels tacked on couldn’t match. I don’t see it here.
It’s NOt the oil …
It’s NOt the oil companies it’s the farking leftist who won’t let people do things. As someone else posted…License, Insurance, Safety equipment? Ok..anyone ever hear of neighborhood or farm vehicles? Nix to that in PA! Mopeds…nopers! FQIQ I drive a Durango and it’s incredible! Best all around vehicle – for my family – EVAR! Don’t give a hoot about milage, I need to carry people and materials over a daily 40 mile radius. It does that very well.
Fun project.I’d be …
Fun project.I’d be willing to bet most of us old guys- kinda like Art – read about projects like this in the 50′s and 60′s in Science and Mechanics, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mechanics Illustrated and all the “Guy” mags we had. Hey Art…remember the “King Midget” built in Akron Ohio? Great gas milage…easily repairable at any hardware store. Why not now? NANNY STATE and Leftists who want the all powerful socialist government to dictate what we can have. Continued in part 2.
They could have put …
They could have put solar panels on the roof! It does not have all the tings necessary for DoT approval, so it is no different than a scooter…definitely not street legal. A fun project for kids who learn nothing useful in school. We need to bring back “SHOP” classes, something even I missed. I only got electronics in a local learning center for computer repair certification…which I got kicked out of, because the teacher knew less than I did. Fortunately, I read the book!
When you have an …
When you have an average Joe making a car like this, just imagine what secets the oil companies have locked up… It’s so sad. People are going to figure it out one day, so why not just tell us how to get off of that black poison?
How much to buy one …
How much to buy one? Can you tell me how to buy it. Thanks.
how do you drive on …
how do you drive on the road with no license plate and no insurance? oh, and if its a fifteen minute drive, why not buy a bike? excercise is vital for living a healthy, long life…
wonderful …
wonderful innovation…
Great concept, …
Great concept, great production.
This is exactly how Ford started out at the turn of the 20th Century.
Yes, we should …
Yes, we should utilize the solar energy.
hi mr haines
hi mr haines
i want one its so …
i want one its so gas saving!!!!!
yea man country …
yea man country people rock
ha, that is so true …
ha, that is so true too. someday very soon we will have no choice to change our greedy u.s.a. antics or we will simply wither away…
Hi I really like …
Hi I really like this idea. Do you need a driver’s license or car insurance? Good luck with the new model.
That kind of car I …
nice!
That kind of car I want some day
neat toy!!
neat toy!!
this is so cool
this is so cool