The University of Central Florida doesn't just go electric when it upgrades its vehicles, it goes solar. The ZENN Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV), was purchased by the Department of Sustainability and Energy Management as a plug-in electric vehicle. After a little customization, to the tune of 3 solar panels attached to the roof, the car now runs on 100% solar power.
Per day, the car can go about 30 kilometers, which doesn't seem like much, but for just traveling around campus, its perfect. Two of the panels power a 48V charge controller, and the panel powers a 24V charge controller, which is enough to get the car going. Essentially operation of the car is carbon neutral - no fuel, no plugging into a station and no emissions.
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