Mark Muller, a Swiss engineer, has plans to go on a 40,000 km trip around the world in his car that’s powered just by the wind and the sun. Yverdon Engineering School is also supporting this green project called ICARE Project. They aim to complete the wonderful journey in this eco car without releasing even a single gram of CO2. Solar panels will power the electric motor during the day, and when it is dark, a wind-powered generator will do the needful.
From the ICARE Project:
This vehicle will allow the reporters to be “propelled” only by solar and wind power. This means of transport is not only environmentally friendly, but also fully independent: the energy available in the environment is sufficient to make this unique world journey possible.
The vehicle’s mode of operation gives it a certain touch of magic and has attracted many admirers. The ICARE Team will visit different countries, cities and village
Just to ensure that the trailer used for carrying the equipment complies with the road safety standards, it was built before the actual vehicle. The car touting the most efficient and lightest possible wind turbine will aid Mark in traveling through 30 countries.
Some possible areas of concern:
There are lots of uncertainties because even getting this far has been difficult and has taken a long time, and then there’s the journey and all the things that could go wrong: theft, accident, break-down… lots of things.
Project developer Mark Muller expresses himself while thinking about the imminent challenges. Still he is confident of achieving what the fabled character and the project’s possible namesake, Icarus, could not.
Via: EuroNews