design by Mihai Stamati – Chisinau, Moldova

Why not? Stamati’s visionary “2030 Car” is a solar-powered, four-seater with green windows and plenty of visibility. A cylindrical add-on can be fixed to the rear of the vehicle for extra seating (complete with a bar-style desk). It’s powered by standard rear-mounted ‘wheel motors.’

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Transportation

by Patrick May – Mercury News – 02/25/2009

From stem to stern across the continent, skirting blacktop and blue highway in his oddball little electric car, Marcelo da Luz has devoted the last eight months of his life to following the sun.

It keeps him going. It powers the silicon cells covering his three-wheeled roadster like a rattlesnake skin, bringing his record-breaking quest this week to Palo Alto, where he’s taking a break. And it fuels his solar evangelism, sharing with a fossil-fueled world his passion for sun power. Read more…

Transportation