SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC BICYCLE
SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC BICYCLE INTRODUCTION- There is no doubt that the emission of carbon-dioxide from an automobile exhaust is a concern for the increasing rate of global warming. The fuel prices in India and around the world is increasing day by day thus there is a tremendous need to search for an alternative to conserve these natural resources. Promoting use of hybrid vehicles can reduce CO2 emission and the fuel costs. Thus a solar bicycle is an electric vehicle which provides alternative by utilising solar energy to charge the battery and thus provide required voltage to run the motor. India is blessed with nine months of sunny climate thus concept of solar bicycle will be very useful in India. DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SOLAR OPERATED CYCLE- Thesolar hybrid bicycle is designed for carrying a load of 70 kg person, at 1500 Mph solar assisted bicycle developed is driven by DC motor which is mounted on rear wheel and operated by solar energy. The solar panels mounted on