Solar Cars: A Comprehensive Review

TL;DR

This paper provides a comprehensive review of solar cars, discussing types, configurations, leading nations, and challenges, emphasizing their role in sustainable transportation and climate change mitigation.

Contribution

It synthesizes existing research on solar cars, highlighting key factors and challenges to advance understanding and development in this renewable energy transportation field.

Findings

Solar cars vary in types and sizing.

Leading nations are actively developing solar vehicle technology.

Challenges include efficiency, cost, and infrastructure.

Abstract

Energy crisis has forced many countries to think of a replacement for energy supply. Renewable energy sources as firendly environment sources play a pivotal role in producing clean energy for various sectors in industry. Gas emissions originating from the transportation industry is another contributing factor to air pollution. Hence, designing and utilizing vehicles that run on renewable energy is crucial, as it provides a dependable energy source that is naturally abundant, leaves nearly no carbon footprint, and is sustainable. Solar powered electric cars make a significant impact on global climate change. To better understand this impact and building upon the plenty of research done on this topic, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the various factors related to solar cars. Specifically, this review will examine the following key factors: Types and sizing of solar cars, solar vehicle power source configurations, leading solar car nations, and solar car challenges.