Launched amid much fanfare in Beijing over the weekend, the four prototype Hanergy Solar cars feature varying quantities of the company's flexible thin-film solar cells - which boast a conversion rate of 31.6 per cent - and lithium-ion battery systems allowing for 350km of range. Among the company's claims, Hanergy says that five to six hours of sunlight should allow the cars' thin-film solar cells to generate between 8-10kWh of power a day, allowing the car to travel about 80km on solar power alone. This "zero charge" feature, the company says, will help do away with the problem of range anxiety, with vehicles no longer needing to ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...