After successfully installing close to 400 solar panels on the roof of its dealership in Hannover, Massachusetts, Planet Subaru is once again pushing the envelope of lime-green innovation with the presentation of the Tribeca SPT 588QW DRX EV, powered exclusively by the sun.
The single solar panel is mounted on the Japanese crossover’s roof feeding a Di-Lithium Crystal Transductor that serves as a capacitor and a very powerful electric motor that replaces the Tribeca’s traditional boxer engine.
There is of course one major flaw with the system as the batteries can only be charged when the sun is out, but in New England at least, as the saying goes, if you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute and it will change, so problem solved.
When it runs, the Tribeca SPT 588QW DRX EV can be blazingly fast, according to Planet Subaru’s chief engineer, Emmett D. Brown.
“You can’t believe how fast an electric car can be. In a conventional gas-powered engine, power is limited by all sorts of factors, such as volumetric efficiency…you can only push so much air and gas into a small combustion chamber,” Brown told Carscoop in an exclusive interview.
“With an electric motor, well, it’s just beautifully linear…you put more juice in and the output goes up. I can make all four tires spin and smoke like a NASCAR race winner doing doughnuts in victory lane!”
Planet Subaru said that the conversion from fossil fuel to sun power will cost around $30,000.
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