1974 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar Solar Conversion

1974 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar in That Was the Year: 1977, Documentary, 1991

Class: Cars, Proto / Concept — Model origin: — Built in:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2010-05-28 12:27	Solar powered car -- Last edit: 2010-05-28 12:30:07
rjluna2 ◊ 2010-05-28 13:15	They used existing electric vehicle from the 1970's with solar panel.
HWJOE ◊ 2010-05-28 14:35	CitiCar. It was actually a small electric/gas commuter vehicle made in the mid 70's. I have a Motor Trend magazine from 76/77 testing it.
rjluna2 ◊ 2010-05-28 15:04	That is it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar
HWJOE ◊ 2010-05-28 19:13	Thanks rjluna2!
Jale ◊ 2010-05-29 11:53	"At the engineering department at Tel Aviv University in Israel, Arye Braunstein and his colleagues created a solar car in 1980 (pictured below). The solar car had a solar panel on the hood and on the roof of the Citicar comprised of 432 cells creating 400 watts of peak power. The solar car used 8 batteries of 6 volts each to store the photovoltaic energy." http://www.firstcarnow.com/first-solar-car.htm -- Last edit: 2010-05-29 14:05:16
Weasel1984 ◊ 2020-01-05 20:28	They used as base model made in the years 1974-76. Jale wrote ... created a solar car in 1980... Interesting who did mistake - authors of linked article or of this documentary? "That Was the Year: 1977"... By what I understand it is not factory related conversion, so IMO it can be listed simply as CitiCar with Solar/solar conversion as extra info. -- Last edit: 2020-01-05 20:28:58