Samuel Karumbo also made a "solar car", which looks like a shithouse golf cart that might take a week to charge up enough to go to the shops and back.
there's also this gem. A solar powered VW beetle.... with a wind turbine... in the fucking boot. https://www.fastcompany.com/3029876/this-nigerian-college-student-built-a-wind-and-solar-powered-car-from-scraps
Not only did Oyeyiola install a giant solar panel on top of the Beetle; he also inserted a wind turbine under the hood. As Preston explains, that allows air to flow into the grill while the car is moving, subsequently turning the turbine’s rotors and charging the battery at the back of the car
HILARIOUS ! HE CONVERTS DC ELECTRICITY to massive loss of energy to move car, then converts wind back to DC to charge a battery. He is absolutely retarded.
Also remember, the "wind turbing" is in the boot. You never see it, but I guarantee it's a fucking desk fan.
What gets me is the quote from Dr. John Preston, chair of McMaster University’s engineering physics department, who actually exists and is an Engineering Professor:
“If you could find a way to use both wind and solar in the same vehicle, that would be a marvelous thing,” he said. “Using wind and solar means you wouldn’t have to drive just during daylight hours. If he has figured a way to do it, that would be quite remarkable.”
If that guy really said that (I have some pretty serious doubts), he must be a complete fucking moron. Tempted to email the dude and see if he actually said it or not.
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