Design concept ’shelf’ protects your car while solar charging

November 16th, 2009 admin
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The goal of the Green Life competition was to produce ecologically friendly solutions that were design centric without looking completely unrealistic. One of the top three winners accomplished that feat by designing the “shelf.” China’s Leon Zhu came up with this innovative yet simple way to simultaneously protect your car’s exterior from the elements and collect solar energy. The idea is that when folded the shelf would provide energy for the car’s electronic systems and air


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