Without doubt our lifestyle and our needs have become enemies towards the environment. The environment is our main source and there is the need of its protection. It is true that nowdays many scientists, due to the highly improved technology, have made big steps protecting and preserving the environment. Our team wanted to be a part of this effort and that is why we designed and made an environmental-friendly urban mean of transport. The sunshine levels in Greece  are high, so we wanted to make our vehicle to be powered by the sun, through solar panels. At first we bought a buggy (2 seated gasoline-vehicle) and  afterwards we customized it in the best way in order to have the desirable result. We have chosen a buggy for our project because it has small dimensions towards a car and it has plenty of space for the placement of solar panels while offering two seats. More specifically, many parts of the old frame were removed, so as to reduce the vehicle's weight. Also, we replaced the whole rear system without adding any rear axle, in order to achieve independently movement of the two rear wheels for better safety and driving experience. One more way to improve our driving experience and safety, was to place four independent suspensions and four hydraulic brakes. To make these possible, we made new bases for both suspensions and brakes so as to match our needs. The next step was to place 10 flexible organic solar panels to absorb the sunlight. We chose this type of solar panels because we wanted to take advantage of the largest possible surface and at the same time we did not want to increase the weight of the vehicle. For their placement we made special bases in a way to achieve the best possible appearance and aerodynamics. As far as the electric equipment concerned, we used two electric motors 1.5 kW each controlled by two controllers. Moreover, we used two chargers in order to charge the four batteries 12V/100Ah each. Of course, we added dashboard and lights so as to make it a real urban vehicle. We tried to keep vehicle's weight as low as possible, at 320 kg while having maximum payload at 180 kg.

Our results from using this vehicle in a daily basis were quiet promising. We achieved 19.1 km suburban range while having maximum speed at 52 km/h. Furthermore, urban range with one rider was 26.2 km whereas with two riders was 18.3 km. Our team made many measurements to acquire all the information needed to evaluate our vehicle.  We tested the vehicle in both cloudy and sunny days with one and two riders. The vehicle proved to be a very reliable mean of transport for a small city like ours, because the energy needed for a full day is feasible. The results have also shown that four hours of solar charging attribitable to an average 4 km range. Last but not least. it is worth noting the fact that the vehicle responded in a good way towards the road abnormalities and the driving experience was not dissapointing.