I read on the internet this man made a bus with solar pannels on the roof?

Question

that powered a battery or two I think that kept the bus moving.

It didn't need gas but ran on electricity.

It could run forever on nothing, but electricity.

But the state or city said he couldn't use it because it had to pass some city code.

Is this true or a urban legend?

Answer 1

I think with a little Yankee know how they could have cars that do not need gas.  The gas companies rule the country and they will not let anything pass without that it is a gas guzzler.

This story about Americans should use less gas coming from and Arabic nation who's best source of revenue is gas is a joke.  Or from a man who owns oil wells saying Americans are addicted to oil.  He hopes so.

Answer 2

That's an easy one, an electric motor large enough to power a bus requires WAY more amperage than a bus roof full of solar panels.  Even if you could get 20 50amp solar panels on top of a bus, the output would be roughly 1000 amps over 14 hours on a very sunny day.  A thousand amp motor would not run a 30,000 pound bus!

Here's a bunch of solar panels:  http://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-pane...

Notice the low amperage.  So lets say we bought the ones for 24 volts and ran two 24 volt batteries in parallel, how far would you be able to power an electric motor that would be powerful enough to run a bus.  Remember, the 3 or 4 amp out put is measured over a long summer day.  You'd need most of a football field full of panels to have enough power to do this.

Answer 3

Do know if its true about the bus. But probably about the city codes.

W2G

water2gas.com

Answer 4

Well, he cretainly couldn't drive it at night or a cloudy day and I doubt it could ever go over ten mph and the batteries would be exhausted after only minutes of hauling around a bus.

Hint: if you read it on the internet it's about even money that it's an urban myth.