Pakistani Students Made Solar Energy Rickshaw

solar-auto-rickshawKarachi: Karachi students have developed an auto rickshaw which runs on solar energy, the Pakistani youth also prepared an electric charger which can charge electric rickshaw with the travel costs only 75 paisa per km. This time students belonging to Iqra University from Karachi has taken the ground by manufacturing Solar powered Rickshaw.

Basically, the design of this Rickshaw named “Solect” has no dissimilarity with CNG Rickshaw although; it is connected with solar power system rather than CNG or other fueling. This Rickshaw can resolve the severe problems of people.  This solar powered rickshaw is fully automatic; a 1000KW gives 40 km/h speed to it whereas the extreme speed of this three wheeler vehicle is 60km/h.

There are five solar panels operating on the rickshaw with five batteries and is driven by one Direct Current (DC) Motor. However, the cost of this innovative solar rickshaw is Rs.30,000, but it can be covered within a year. Although this is not the first time that a solar auto rickshaw has been formed as people have made such an invention in India, but this is the first time happening in Pakistan.

If government provides proper attention to this invention of solar powered Rickshaw, which will be put on exhibition at the upcoming Engineering Projects exhibition in Islamabad since Solect is also approved by Pakistan Engineering Council.

It is vital that further research projects are accepted to meet the needs of energy crisis and also to use energy resources which are both safe for the environment and better for the economy.

    1. Faraz Ahmed
      • Nouman Younas
      • sajjad
    2. afzal khan
    3. Mohammad Arif iqbal
    4. Yasser
    5. ali zaidi

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