What are Solar Energy Cars?
In a general kind of way solar energy automobiles are similar to other everyday cars in that they have the characteristics of a car. They have a body, wheels, a motor, a steering wheel, brakes, seats, and most important, some kind of fuel to make them run. Solar cars are different only in the fuel that makes them run. They are called solar energy cars for the reason that they use sunlight for fuel. Of course in a specific way they look very different from the common conception of a car. – The picture to the left represents a solar-driven car, the Solar Werkstatt, found in Germany and Switzerland,. Photo is by Ange Halle.- Even as recently as a few years ago if you saw a solar car it probably would have looked like a large cockroach on wheels. More recently though the exposure that environmental advocacy groups and the popular media has familiarized the general public to the solar car. The concept of driving a car with zero harmful emissions, one that is very quiet and is very low maint
