{"41664":{"#nid":"41664","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Develop A Solar-Electric Hybrid Car","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Solar Jackets, a student organization, has successfully converted a 2001 Audi TT from a gas-powered sports car to a solar-assisted electric vehicle (SAEV) - the first of its kind.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Solar Jackets member Corbin Klett, the car runs on a combination of batteries and solar power.  Light-weight solar cells coat the car\u0027s roof and hood. The solar ray provides 12 volts of power to support the power windows, the radio, the brakes, the power steering, and all lights.  \u0022Right now, electric cars don\u0027t use solar cell batteries to do this,\u0022 said Klett.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Solar Jackets\u0027 SAEV also has a functioning four-wheel drive.  Klett noted,\u0022it is rare to non-existent to find an electric car with\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfour- wheel drive.\u0022  In fact, he said, \u0022the car is capable of anything the standard production car is, including highway travel at night and cruising around town on a rainy day.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA 120-volt battery pack powers the Audi engine, giving it a 70-mile radius between charges.  \u0022The car plugs in to a conventional wall outlet through a cord that extends from its gas cap,\u0022 said Klett.  The Solar Jackets plan to add a lithium ion battery system to the car that will increase the travel radius to 140 miles.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EConversion of the Audi began in 2008.  The Solar Jackets finished the car\u0027s conversion in time to participate in this year\u0027s Georgia Career\u0027s in Transportation Expo.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking forward, the group plan to develop a vehicle powered entirely by solar energy.  They plan to race in the 2010 World Solar Car Championship in the U.S. as well as the 2011 World Solar Car Derby in Australia.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Solar Jackets Develop Solar Assisted Electric Vehicle"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Solar Jackets, a student organization, has successfully converted a 2001 Audi TT from a gas-powered sports car to a solar-assisted electric vehicle (SAEV) - the first of its kind.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students develop unique solar vehicle"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-05-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41665":{"id":"41665","type":"image","title":"Solar Jackets\\\u0027 SAEV Audi TT","body":null,"created":"1449174338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:38","changed":"1475894366","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:26","alt":"Solar Jackets\\\u0027 SAEV Audi TT","file":{"fid":"100864","name":"tju64152.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tju64152_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tju64152_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1134785,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tju64152_1.jpg?itok=WHDEfVcA"}}},"media_ids":["41665"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/solarjackets.gatech.edu\/index.php","title":"Solar Jackets"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"712","name":"audi"},{"id":"711","name":"car"},{"id":"167182","name":"solar"},{"id":"169384","name":"solar jackets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Mallory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=sw223\u0022\u003EContact Sarah Mallory\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-7061\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["sarah.mallory@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}