minifleet-currentIt looks like renewable energy continues to gain traction, and we are far from finished in thinking up of new ways to ensure that we can harness natural energy to power our lifestyle – vehicles included. Here is a novel idea – whenever electric vehicles such as electric motorcycles or motor-powered bicycles are shipped, why not harness the power of the sun that beats down on these shipping containers to collect energy while in transit? A company known as Current Motor has revealed its “Mini-fleet” of EVs in a box.

These EVs happen to be electric cargo motorcycles that have a 450 lb (204 kg) capacity and a 50 mile (80.4 km) range, and the modified shipping container in which they arrive in doubles up as a storage facility as well as solar-powered charging station, now how about that? While it is more or less new without being tested out to prove effective, it is certainly an idea that is worth exploring.

At the center of the Mini-fleet in a Box’s idea would be to utilize existing standard ISO shipping containers (20′ x 8′ x 8′) that will be outfitted with a solar panel array. This solar panel array can fold out for charging and in for storage, and a 22 kWh battery storage system to accompany it. A full day’s sunlight should be able to juice it up, and it lays claim to charging a quartet of the Electric Cargo Motorcycles from the battery bank in a matter of five hours thereabouts.

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