Nope, we’re not joking here. This is a real motorcycle powered by solar panels! Seems Jim Corning just couldn’t stand all that solar power going to waste so he commandeered his wife’s Kawasaki 250, did some quick “re-styling” and bingo, solar powered motorcycle.
Corning took some technology used in his company Prometheus Solar LLC and developed the bike. Corning showed the concept motorcycle at the Santa Monica AltCar Expo. The four panels behind Corning in the picture offer 800 watts, enough to recharge the bike. Apparently Corning is a bit hard on batteries as during testing he blew up the batteries twice. Currently, the bike uses lithium-ion phosphate batteries from Thundersky that have a 4.6 kWh capacity connected to a 10bhp motor for a top speed of 70mph and has a range of about 50 miles

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