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Two Japanese companies have announced plans to develop the world’s first ship to be propelled by engines partially powered by solar energy. Nipon Yusen KK, the country’s largest shipping line, and Nippon Oil Corp hope to attach solar panels to ...Read more
Japan Planning for Solar-powered Ship - Redorbit.com
TOKYO (Reuters) - The race to go green has taken to the high seas with two Japanese companies saying they would begin work on the world's first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy. Japan's biggest shipping line Nippon ...Read more
Japan firms to work on solar-powered ship - Reuters
Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss psychiatrist best known for his 1999 trip around the world in a balloon, is trying to repeat the journey in a solar-powered airplane. He and a partner, Swiss engineer Andre Borschberg, came to promote the project at the ...Read more
Plane that flies on solar power - Los Angeles Times
London, August 27 : Two Japanese companies have said that they will begin work on the world’s first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy, which will leave a cleaner plume. According to a report in New Scientist, Japan ...Read more
World’s first solar-powered ship will leave a cleaner plume - Top News India
London, August 27 (ANI): Two Japanese companies have said that they will begin work on the world's first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy, which will leave a cleaner plume. According to a report in New Scientist ...Read more
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Solar vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSolar Powered Car Information ... Solar power is nothing new. Long before there was Thomas Edison, there was the Sun to dry clothes, grow crops and light the path. |
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For especially large electric vehicles, namely submarines and aircraft carriers; or more esoteric sources such as flywheels, wind and solar.
The reasons electric motors are used to drive vehicles are their fine control, high efficiency and simple mechanical construction. Electric motors often achieve 90% conversion efficiency over the full range of speeds and power output and can be precisely controlled. Electric motors can provide torque whilst not moving, unlike internal combustion engines, and do not need gears to match power curves. This removes the need for gearboxes, torque convertors and differentials. Electric motors also have the unusual ability to convert movement energy back into electricity, through regenerative braking. This can be used to reduce the wear on brake systems, and reduce the total energy requirement of a journey.
Most electric transport is directly connected to stationary sources of energy through the grid. Due to the extra infrastructure and difficulty in handling arbitrary travel, most directly connected vehicles are owned publicly or by large companies. These forms of transportation are covered in more detail in maglev trains, metros, trams, trains and trolleybuses. A hypothetical electric vehicle design is Personal rapid transit, a cross between cars and trains optimised for independent travel.