The costs are still high.
Negatives of solar powered cars.
The disadvantages of a solar energy car 1.
The solar powered cars are barebones.
The disadvantages of a solarenergy car the popularity of solar cars is gaining significant ground lately though gasoline fueled cars still prevail in the automotive market.
Solar cars pros and cons eliza lobo saturday 21 february 2015 14 30 pm greens with the fuel options getting limited there will be time when the world will have to look for other fuel options.
There is more solar power that hits the earth every day then the current population can use in a year.
The cons of solar powered cars.
Solar cars are cars that are powered by solar energy.
Let s keep working to harness this great power and put it to good use.
The type of solar panels used on solar powered cars is very expensive.
Solar powered cars do not have the same speeds and power as typical gas powered cars this too is starting to change lower solar production in the winter months.
The modern 100 solar vehicle only carries one person and is lightweight enough that an accident would be problematic.
Power consumption is a major problem.
These cars are made very flat and very low to the ground with none of the accessories drivers take for granted i e.
Headlights wipers and rear.
For solar powered cars their size is limited because of the power requirements a vehicle has.
In fact a competitive solar powered race car can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and as we ve already mentioned currently there s not a very good way to make the car useable when the sun isn t out.