China's first solar-powered and intelligent connected vehicle, launched by Tianjin, exemplifies the benefits of teaming up in a bid to make technological breakthroughs. The vehicle, Tianjin, weighs 1,020 kilograms and has three seats. It can travel up to 74.8 kilometers on one charge, and has a maximum speed of 79.2 km per hour.
Cowards. In Tianjin, China, a team has taken sustainable travel to a whole new front, developing the country’s first solar vehicle that gets its range from the sun and the sun alone. Check it out. The Tianjin solar vehicle recently made its debut at the sixth World Intelligence Conference and has started a new tour around mainland China.
As several companies across the globe move closer to delivering scaled production of solar EVs, a team in China has taken sustainable transportation a step further by creating a solar vehicle that runs entirely on energy from the sun. Introducing the Tianjin solar car.
The Tianjin solar vehicle recently made its debut at the sixth World Intelligence Conference and has started a new tour around mainland China. According to local media in China, the solar vehicle was jointly developed in just five months by 42 companies and three universities.
In Germany, Sono Motors is approaching the validation prototype phase for its flagship Sion EV, which is aiming for production in 2023. In China, a company called Hanergy presented a solar-powered vehicle called the Solar-R back in 2016.
To achieve carbon neutrality, energy systems must eventually achieve net-zero emissions. So the phaseout of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles from the market is an inevitable trend in history. The Chinese government is highly concerned about climate change.