12th grade male student 'introduces' solar-powered car, makes strong impression

Following the success of the impressive solar-powered car, recently, Ngo Viet Cuong, a 12A11 student at Tong Van Tran High School (Y Yen District, Nam Dinh Province) has continued to manufacture and launch an electric car that can carry about 12 people with a maximum speed of up to 60km/h.

Following the success of the previous car, Cuong continues to "launch" an attractive solar-powered electric car.

As the youngest of two children, his parents ran an auto garage, so from a young age, cars became something very familiar to Cuong. From his passion for cars, Cuong came up with a creative idea, assembling an electric car that runs on solar energy, made of corrugated iron with an elegant design.

The car is designed to carry more people, has a larger engine, is clutched through a 5-speed gearbox, and has a higher speed of up to 60km/h.

Nearly a year after winning first prize in the “6th Youth and Children's Creativity” contest organized by the Department of Science and Technology of Nam Dinh province in 2018, Cuong continued to work on making an electric car charged by solar batteries.

Unlike the previous time, this time Cuong designed the car to be wider, able to carry more people; the solar panels were designed to be larger, producing 8 times more power than the previous car.

This time, Cuong designed a larger solar panel for the car, producing 8 times more power than the previous car.

Along with that is the engine with double the pulling force, clutched through a 5-speed gearbox, more powerful and for a higher speed of up to 60km/h. The energy storage system is also designed to be larger for longer operating time, in addition, the vehicle also has a 220v output port using solar energy, which can serve household electricity. The tires are also improved to be wide tubeless tires, helping the vehicle operate smoothly, withstand good loads and reduce noise.

From the floor, ceiling, dashboard are all covered by Cuong with elegant brown leather.

Cuong shared that to assemble this car, Cuong had to ask for help from his father and a colleague. After 7 months of working hard in the garage with a bunch of tools and equipment, along with coming up with ideas and designing drawings, Cuong asked his brother to take him to search all the machine shops in Tam Diep city, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh to choose the engine as well as other necessary spare parts.

The car is also designed with a sound system that runs on a memory card or Bluetooth like regular cars. The car is also designed with a 220v output port that uses solar energy, which can serve household electricity needs.

Previously, Cuong won first prize in the contest "The 6th Youth and Children's Creativity" organized by the Department of Science and Technology of Nam Dinh province in 2018.

“From the moment of having an idea to starting to implement it is a really difficult process. The design must have a unique shape; the body must be really sturdy, then choose the engine and spare parts to match..., everything must be thought through, calculated, carefully, then tested, with countless successes and failures,” Cuong shared.