2022 · Challenger · #99
Solis EV2
Three wheels, about half the weight of the first vehicle, and 150 laps without a fault.
Three wheels: two steered at the front, one at the back with the motor inside it.
Drag sideways or use the buttons.
Built by a team of 20 students, EV2 raced twice in 2022: 24 hours at Zolder and the Italian Solar Challenge on the Imola circuit.
Specifications.
- Weight
- 230 kg
- Chassis
- Welded steel tubes
- Body
- Carbon fibre
- Solar array
- 4 m²
- Battery
- 5 kWh
- Motor
- Japanese in-wheel motor, 2 kW rated, 5 kW peak
How it was built.
After EV1 the team made a more aerodynamic and much lighter vehicle with three wheels. The frame is welded special steel tube and the body is carbon fibre, which cut drag and energy use.
The Japanese-made motor sits inside the rear wheel. The vehicle was designed and built by a team of 20 students, coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Ștefan Breban and Prof. Călin Neamțu.
Photographs.
