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Solar Electric VW Buses
Solarolla's VW Buses are solar-powered, fully electric, converted vehicles. They have a pop up tent space under the solar array and everything needed for your solar camping adventures. The Volkswagen Bus makes a great donor vehicle because of the surface area of its roof allowing for a large PV (photovoltaic) array that can tilt for maximum solar exposure. When tilted it creates a space underneath the panel that is enclosed with canvas to create a sleeping loft. In the main cabin is space to build the kitchen, table and other necessities for camping and life on the road.
Redfoo's Solar Electric VW Bus
In Spring 2019 we completed a fully electric solar powered VW Bus for Redfoo*. This vehicle is driven by the most efficient electric motor on the market. The NetGain Hyper9HV can see up to 94% efficiency of electrical to mechanical conversion. (Visit our Shop page for more info and to purchase this motor). This bus is unparalleled with almost 3KW of solar between the roof and the two solar awnings that pull out on on either side (similar to the eStar we did for Route Del Sol). It has 7 Tesla model S 5.3 KWhr battery modules for a total of 37.5KWhr, equating to about 100 miles of range.
This VW Bus was originally a Transporter but we converted it to include a full kitchen, lower couch/bed and upper sleeping loft/pop up tent.
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The Original Solar Electric VW Bus
This is where it all began…
In 2015 we built our first VW bus conversion. The 1973 VW Transporter Bus was converted to electric drive, with the addition of a solar roof, pop-up tent space and life-sustaining camper interior. We travelled along the Oregon and California coast, creating video content and sharing our vision. Over ten years later, we still drive our bus daily and have had many adventures in it.
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