Now another beautiful classic, the 2000GT coupe of Japanese carmaker Toyota was reborn thru what is called the Crazy Car Project turning the the 1967 ride into a solar powered electric vehicle.

Like its Jaguar counterpart, the 2000GT’s engine bay was dissected to take out its 2.0L inline six engine and replace it with a 35 kWh battery pack of lithium ion powering a 161 bhp or 120kW electric motor that transfers all its power to the rear wheels.

To prevent the battery pack’s juices running out, the bonnet of a car now houses a really big solar panel while solar cells have also been integrated to the windscreen at the rear of the car.

The sound of the original GT2000 engine is sent to the cabin of the vehicle to keep as much possible that character of the car. It’s top speed goes up to around 200 kilometers per hour.

The cabin of the ride was also improved with the original instruments supplemented with the battery gauge, bio-fiber carpets, and a rear view mirror that also serves as your digital info screen.

The project was done by an auto fan club which has some engineers from Toyota itself. Did they get paid for the work, we do not know.

The Solar EV 2000GT was shocased during the Toyota Auto Salon which is the biggest show for customized cars.

You can enjoy a video of the 2000GT Solar EV below , see how the car runs and learn what the makers went thru in producing it:

The company started testing their product last year and officially launched the retail version of the charging station last month.

The SP-300 Plug n Go can charge two electric vehicles parked side by side and can also sell the excess energy it stores to utility companies.

Sunpods boasts that it is a pioneering product introduced to the market with potential consumers not having to source out different components to build a charging station.

With the growing interest for plug in hybrids and EVs, the company expects to provide consumers options when they are not home and without access to home-based chargers.

Sunpods is looking to market their EV charging stations to governments and retailers who want to focus on developing green transportation options in their communities.

The company is looking to produce about 5,000 units of the SP-300s per year. Each unit is expected to have sticker price of about $17,000.

Solar powered cars would have many advantages over those that run on fossil fuels. These advantages are directly the result of the alternative source of energy. Cars that are solar powered basically run on energy collected from the sun’s rays and that means that there is an unlimited supply of the source energy. This gives solar powered vehicles an edge over those that use up the limited supplies of oil reserves.

Another advantage of solar energy is that it is also free of future costs for the supply and requires very little maintenance and upkeep. This would make solar powered cars cheap to drive. Since solar power doesn’t have any emissions, the cars would also be considered clean or “green” and not have a negative impact on the environment.

However, as of now there are no standard solar powered car models on the market. This may change in the near future, though, since many of the major manufacturers are also looking into this alternative source of energy and have ideas, such as adding solar panels to the car roof or to use solar energy as a power source to charge electric cars.

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