Submitted 1 year ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-solar-car-test-drive-morocco-eindhoven
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) students drove the SUV, which doubles as a small campervan, from Tangier in northern Morocco across dry riverbeds, steep mountain passes, and loose sand before arriving at the Sahara desert three days later.
“It was an incredible trip with a positive ending. We were able to drive the entire trip on the sun’s energy and did not depend on charging stations"
Oil companies hate this trick!
Yeah?!? How many deserts are there in Dutch-landia? Hah! Checkmate tree huggers!
This is top tier trolling
I thought about going with desserts but that might have pushed it over the edge.
How does it charge with only three hours of sunlight?
Probably by plugging it in. It does have a battery.
Let’s put aside the desert part, where is there 1,000km of road in the Netherlands??
If you read the little summary, the test drive was in north Africa.
Yes, my point is that you can’t travel 1,000km in the Netherlands. While it’s somewhat facetious, I’m still valid in stating that the country is quite small.
I took a holiday to Eindhoven once, and wanted to give a gift to a friend from Amsterdam. He sent a mate on his bicycle to meet me. That wouldn’t be practicable in many other countries, even if they had the same cycling infrastructure.
That doesn’t detract from the success of the range of this vehicle, I’m just saying that it’s funny and excessive for the Netherlands. But really, that excess is only a good thing.
This might blow your mind, so take a seat:
Car companies test and sell their cars outside of the country that the company is based.
VW sells cars outside of Germany. Mazda sell cars outside of Japan. Hyundai sells cars outside of South Korea.
Gregorech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now try it in Seattle.
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lmao
Why are you getting downvoted?
beeryardtech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oil companies…
Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can’t. All the stations are out of service.