{"id":22419,"date":"2022-05-17T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22419"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:03:54","slug":"1135876_stella-vita-electric-rv-aims-to-get-the-most-miles-from-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22419","title":{"rendered":"Stella Vita electric RV aims to get the most miles from solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of Dutch university students has radically redesigned the RV with solar power and an aerodynamic shape.<\/p>\n

As detailed recently on “Fully Charged Show,” The Stella Vita is an electric RV with fold-out solar panels designed by Solar Team Eindhoven, a team of engineering students at the Eindhoven University of Technology.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the team took its creation on a 1,864-mile road trip across Europe, from Eindhoven to Tarifa, Spain. The RV only needed two charging stops en route. A 74.5-mph top speed meant the Stella Vita could at least keep up with traffic.<\/p>\n

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Stela Vita electric RV on Fully Charged Show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Stella Vita has a 60-kwh lithium-ion battery pack, which gets some charge from the roof-mounted solar panels. They can generate 2 kw when folded or 4 kw when unfolded, according to Solar Team Eindhoven. Normal range is estimated at 372 miles, but that can be extended to 453 miles on a sunny day, the team claims.<\/p>\n

With its solar panels and pop-up roof folded, the Stella Vita measures 23.6 feet long, 6.7 feet wide, and 6.0 feet tall. It has an aluminum chassis and fiberglass body with an aluminum\/foam core, which helps keep weight down to 3,747 pounds.<\/p>\n

The Stella Vita serves as a proof of concept, but at least one past solar-vehicle project has morphed into a vehicle with production ambitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n