Monthly Archives: October 2014

The Solar Bike is Longer than a Car

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Here is the solar bike parked in the fuel efficient vehicle spot.
Here is the solar bike parked in the fuel efficient vehicle spot.

If anyone gives me any heat about parking in that space, I’ll remind them that I am fuel efficient and I am also a vehicle. What was that, the space isn’t for bikes, only for powered vehicles? I’m electric.

Including the panel, the solar bike is actually longer than the electric car (Fiat 500e) parked next to it.
Including the panel, the solar bike is actually longer than the electric car (Fiat 500e) parked next to it.

Of course, the car has far more speed and carrying capacity than me. But it also has to plug in every once in a while. My bike never needs to plug in, so you might say it has near infinite range. Not that I would take it on a long trip. Not yet.