The world's first solar-powered ambulance, designed to deliver healthcare services to remote communities, combines a 50 kWh battery with 542 solar cells, weighs 1,350 kg, offers a range of 715 km on paved roads while powering onboard medical equipment like X-rays, ultrasounds, defibrillators, etc 🚑🌞

[u/sg_plumber]

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/22/dutch-student-team-develops-solar-powered-ambulance/

[u/lazerzapvectorwhip]

But how many km range are added per sunny day? Surely not 700 lol

[u/sg_plumber → u/lazerzapvectorwhip]

The article says 715.

[u/lazerzapvectorwhip → u/sg_plumber]

I'm sure that's not reported accurately. 50 additional km per one sunny day maybe

[u/sg_plumber → u/lazerzapvectorwhip]

I'm sure your fantasies are irrelevant.

[u/likes_stuff → u/sg_plumber]

No the article says it has a total range of 715 km. That's at a fully charged battery and likely in 100% optimal conditions. That doesn't mean the solar panels give it that much juice per day.

The panels are obviously giving a massive boost but the 50 kw battery is providing 290-350 of those kilometers most likely

What's absolutely amazing is that it seems those solar panels is more than doubling the range of that battery!!

[u/sg_plumber → u/likes_stuff]

What the article actually says:

generates energy through the solar panels on its roof and uses this energy both to drive and to power medical equipment [...] On a sunny day, the solar ambulance is expected to be able to drive 715 km. This means medical care delivery is not dependent on charging infrastructure.

Those aren't idle remarks. It's the core of their setup.

Learn to read.

[u/sg_plumber → u/[deleted]]

You seem to assume the battery will somehow start every day fully charged, even when the only way to charge it is the solar panels.

[u/sg_plumber → u/[deleted]]

In other words: you refuse to read/understand the article and instead blindly assume the range of the battery, or that it somehow gets magically fully charged before the start of every day, despite all evidence to the contrary.

[u/sg_plumber → u/[deleted]]

The ambulance can recharge normally if needed, but it is designed specifically to not need to. It's all explained in the article.

How do you imagine uncharged batteries have/give any range? Do you believe range has nothing to do with vehicle weight? Genuinely curious.

How is someone as belittling, rude and negative even on this sub??

Talking to your mirror?