Honda EV Plus, the full story - AutoblogGreen: "As the story goes, Honda realized in the late '80s that petroleum wouldn't last forever. Buoyed by the successes that General Motors was having with its solar racers, Honda embarked on a program to bring a practical electric vehicle to market that could be powered by stand-alone solar systems.
As you might imagine, getting a vehicle from such a basic idea into sheetmetal, batteries and the production line is extremely difficult. Fortunately, Honda documented the entire process, so it's all been saved for posterity's sake. We've gotten our mitts on the whole sordid tale and have pasted it past the break for your reading pleasure. See below:
It all began with a debate concerning the feasibility of solar power.
'An electric vehicle (EV) running on solar power?' thought Junichi Araki, LPL of the first-generation EV basic research team. 'Maybe the time is right for alternative fuel cars to be running all over town.' He had just read a magazine article describing the exploits of the General Motors Sun Racer, the solar car that had taken the first place at the inaugural World Solar Challenge (WSC) race held in Australia in November 1987."
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