Persian Gazelle: A solar powered car

Persian Gazelle is a single-driver car with 5 length, 1.8 meters width and 1 meters height. This vehicle has 3 wheels, 2 front wheels carry Brake and Steering system, and the single rear wheel is attached to a DC in-wheel electrical motor.

The motor receives its power from 30kg 4000 W Li-ion batteries, which are under charging with 8 m^2 18% efficient solar cells mounted on the top surface of the car. Vehicles weight is nearly 300 kg and the top speed as about 110 km/h. It can move about 3 hours in 60 km/h without any light starting with full charge on the flat road. The drag coefficient is about 0.2 in 100km/h and the lift coefficient is about zero.