Midsummer has received funding from Mistra for the development of lightweight solar modules on vehicles
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra, is funding Midsummer’s development of lightweight solar modules on vehicles.
The project aims to research and evaluate the integration of thin-film solar panels for urban transports using ultra-light vehicles. The integrated solar panels will be a part in developing superefficient electrical vehicles for the future needs of urban transports.
• The developed solar panels will be integrated in body panels in a Clean Motion Zbee ultra-light electric vehicle composite roof.
Clean Motion has developed the ultra-light electric vehicle Zbee with the goal to create a vehicle using little resources, both at production and usage, without compromising safety or design. Solar panels would give the possibility to use solar energy to recharge the vehicle’s battery, which would increase the possible driving distance before need of conventional battery charge.
“The developed solar panels will be integrated in body panels in a Clean Motion Zbee’s composite roof. In this context, using solar panels is the only way towards making a vehicle energy autonomic”, said Sven Lindström, CEO, Midsummer. “Midsummer solar panels are flexible both by being bendable and possible to manufacture in different size and voltage configurations. Also, the CIGS cells on thin stainless steel substrates together with the plastic material layers give resistant lightweight modules”.
Source: midsummer.se