This project was the result of the Master course Sources of Innovation. The goal was to develop an innovative concept in the context of solar powered transport, and to extent an existing start-up with the developed product or service.
In a team of three, we proposed a Solar Powered Mobile Charging Station for electric vehicles. With an Uber-like app, the bus can drop by at a location near the user to charge multiple electric vehicles powered by its extendable solar roof. The bus was adapted to the business plan and vision of the Dutch start-up Lightyear which recently brought out its solar powered car: Lightyear One.
At the end of the course, our idea was declared the winner out of twelve by the representatives of the chosen start-ups. A year later, our concept was published in the journal Progress in Photovoltaics.
My contribution was primarily on generating ideas that led to the concept, as well as working out and calculating the technical details. I also converted the sketches into a digital model which was used for rendering graphics.
