A group of Australian scientists is testing printed solar panels that will power a Tesla on a 15,000-kilometer road trip. Charge Around Australia (CAA), an Australian company, will power a Tesla electric car with 18 printed plastic solar panels, each 18 meters long. The panels will be rolled out alongside the vehicle to soak up sunlight and charge it.
This trial run is announced several days before Earth Day. It will begin in September, and scientists hope that people will consider taking steps to help prevent climate change.
"The team will be testing not only the endurance of the panels but their true potential for other applications," said Paul Dastoor, the inventor of printed solar panels. "This is actually an ideal testbed to give us nformation about how we would go about using and powering technology in other remote locations, for example, in space," he added.
This is a significant step forward in the fight against pollution, and it will be interesting to see whether or not different car manufacturers adopt this technology.