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Solar Powered Car Engineering

Electrifying the Future

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Harnessing the Sun's Power for Electric Vehicles!

Building Solar Cars

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Electricity

Solar Power

Electric Vehicles

Electricity is a form of energy that can give things the ability to move and work

Solar technologies convert sunlight into electrical energy

The electric car is powered by rechargeable batteries rather than gasoline!

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Electricity

Why is it important to us?

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Source : Alamy.com

Gas Car vs. Electric Car

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Solar Power

How can we use the Sun’s energy in everyday electric devices?

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Electric Vehicles

Using electricity to power our cars instead of gasoline!

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Now comes the fun part :

Let’s build our solar electric cars!

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To build, we need four parts!

Solar panel is also wired to the electric motor!

Electric Motor

Solar Panels

Let’s see who can build the fastest car!

Time to Race!

Wheels, Chassis, Axles

Car Parts

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Safety First!

Handle them with care

Screwdrivers are sharp!

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If you lose them, ask for more

Screws are very small!

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Don’t point them upwards

Careful with the Flashlights!

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Building Instructions

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