Late last week, Swedens Scania revealed a world-first hybrid semi-truck covered in solar panels.
But, solar-powered trucks and… Sweden?
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This is an exciting project where academia and industry together attempt to decrease the climate impact from truck transports.
But naturally, dressing a trailer in photovoltaics comes with a whole specific set of engineering challenges.
Theyre designed to sit stationary on top of a house for 20 or 30 years.
Weve had to address safety challenges in putting solar panels on a vehicle, Falkgrim added.
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