Introducing the ugliest solar car to hit the market yet. No, really. You can make a case for looking beyond the aesthetics of this vehicle and holding high the green credentials, but the $25K price tag for this thing will definitely weigh you down in the end. For your hard-earned cash you’ll receive zero doors, odd styrofoam-like bucket seats, and a three-hour battery that will max out at around 43 mph.
The car is being produced by a team of builders and racers from Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung University of Applied Science. The “winning” design was based on a successful vehicle that ranked second of fifty cars in the latest Australian World Solar Challenge. Quite the achievement — but I question why they felt it might be a commercial success for $25K. If you’re not going to have any doors, at least throw some cup holders in there!
via clover thoughts
