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Solar Skyways

Explore the potential of solar-powered transportation with on-demand switched network podcars. Learn about the history, benefits, and innovative solutions for sustainable mobility. Join the movement to make solar power the future of transportation.

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Solar Skyways

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  1. Solar Skyways Ron SwensonISES Solar World CongressSustainable Transportation Forum2013 November 5

  2. It’s time to get solar transportation off the ground

  3. Podcar characteristics are very basic On demand switched network, not line-haul on a schedule Solar powered (zero net energy) Off-line stations Personal Scale Elevated

  4. In 1956 MK Hubbert predicted the 1970 petroleum peak in the USA

  5. The principle of solar transportation was well demonstrated, back in 1981 The burning question: How can solar become the practical power source for transportation?

  6. Tonatiuh, el coche solar de carreras de México, raced in 1995 and 1996

  7. Thinking ahead, Team Tonatiuh exhibited People Pods in 1992

  8. Peak Oil details emerged on a fateful day in 1994 in México

  9. In remote areas, solar transportation is far more feasible than fuel hauled in

  10. Biofuels? Impossible.

  11. The City of San José asked ATN vendors to include solar in their offers

  12. San José consultants demonstrated solar podcars

  13. Podcar solar canopies can be aesthetically very appealing

  14. Students at Delft University had no trouble visualizing solar podcars

  15. Students at Delft University were able to visualize solar podcars

  16. There is plenty of sunshine in Sweden

  17. There is plenty of sunshine in Sweden

  18. Uppsala University energy engineers demonstrated that solar meets demand

  19. Sustainable Mobility Systems Silicon Valley capstone started August 2012

  20. SMSSV developed many podcar sub-systems…

  21. … and a 1:12 operating scale model

  22. 1/12 Scale Model Dimensions

  23. Then the Spartan Superway Team won the Solar Skyways Challenge

  24. San José State’s new team is moving forward building upon last year’s work

  25. Industrial design students are on board

  26. Bringing the Solar Skyways Challenge to Latin America

  27. Walt Disney envisioned and built a similar system in the 1960’s

  28. We don’t want to meet the fate of the Los Angeles street car

  29. Following GM’s purge in the ‘50s, the best car of the 1990s was scrapped

  30. We can apply solar principles to line haul through transportation innovation

  31. We can apply solar principles to line haul through transportation innovation

  32. With sufficient innovation, solar power becomes the obvious choice

  33. Thank you!

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