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World’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Sahara
(www.designboom.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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It's neat to see solar technology go this far. Was there a support team?
A great positive is that it is a very light weight vehicle. The approach angle looks good. It's cool how it pops open to supposedly live in but I wonder what the interior is actually like. I can't imagine it is carrying much living supplies, water, etc as it's a very light vehicle.
Some negatives include terrible ground clearance and a horrendous departure angle. I can't imagine the break over angle is very good considering the low ground clearance. It also has small tire sidewalls so they couldn't have aired down much.
All in all, not a serious off road vehicle. I would argue it's as much of an off road vehicle as a Prius is with a roof top tent on it. It's just meant to cruise fire roads.