Armenia creates first solar car with a dream to establish production

The creation of the first solar car in Armenia is a program of volunteers and enthusiasts. Something that is done for professional pleasure and with a dream that a production of solar electric vehicles will be established in Armenia.

Deputy minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources Hayk Harutyunyan told Armenpress that this is a personal initiative which aims at creating interest towards solar technologies, in particular, electric transport in Armenia. “We have divided the first meeting with the interested persons in two parts: the first one is to design and build a solar car from zero, and the second one is to make any old car into a vehicle with electric motors. We want to show that the current cars can be replaced by electric motors, and later we hope that it will become a common practice in Armenia”, Hayk Harutyunyan said.

According to the official, on the other hand, the world’s leading companies engaged in production of electric cars find their main engineers and employees from the groups that are taking part in such events. Australia holds the Solar Challenge competition for already 30 years, and all universities are actively participating in it, each team designs its own solar car. “We also want to create a similar vehicle here with the hope that we will create ...