Solar Electric Car stars with Vin Diesel in 2008 release “Babylon A.D.”
French automobile manufacturer Venturi has created a new movie star. Its Eclectic Concept vehicle proved to be so popular in the automobile shows that it decided to mass produce the model. The car comes with roof-mounted solar panels powering an electric motor. The car is roomy and practical and has a unique European look.
The Eclectic can be yours to own for $30,000, which is not outrageous for full sized vehicle, especially considering that it is solar electric powered. The range tops out at 30 miles and it can achieve top speeds of about 30 mph.
I think it is important that solar electric vehicles be driven more mainstream by their adoption by more public faces, and showcasing in popular media. Look how iPhone has become the most popular phone in the world even though majority of users use it ‘just to make phone calls’. For that functionality alone, that’s an expensive piece of calling device at several 100s of dollars. But its adoption has been driven so much by the cool factor that it has become a must have device.
Similarly while Solar Power Homes and other solar electric devices will take their time to stand up on their own and while technology drives costs down. The other way to drive costs down is by making these technologies cool, and increasing first user adoption. And one way of doing is that precisely by what Venturi has done. After all how many solar electric cars get a major role in a world-wide block buster alongside Vin Diesel! Now we really need to feature a high tech Solar Power House with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie living in it 
Image courtesy www.venturi.fr
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