Won't be needing my snow tyres anymore once this has been installed everywhere on the planet

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2014/05/i...watch.html 2016 3.0 Vogue
2006 4.4 V8 Vogue SE-sold
Honda CBR 1000cc Fireblade
Bultaco 350 Sherpa

SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS!!!

Looks the nuts... Bet it'll never happen though.... Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

THAT WOULD BE FREAKIN EXCELLENT!

GREAT VIDEO (CAPS COS I AM FREAKIN OUT MAN)

SOLAR




FREAKIN'






ROADWAYS!!!!!!!!

Never happen, initial expense to lay would be astronomical, imagine the number of tiles required to replace 1km of road

Bloke maths......

1000m x 5.5m wide road = 5500sq m.
Approx 5 tiles per sqm
27500 tiles......
At a nominal $500 per tile (guestimate)
$13.7m per km.....

Sorry guys that is never going to happen. Cool idea though There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

When you put it into figures like that it does look kind of impractical, but boy it would look cool at night and remember its FREAKIN SOLAR PANELS MAN!!

FREAKIN COOOOOL MAN, well actually freakin warm but hey who's nitpicking now

Cost is likely to be high in the beginning, like with normal solar panels, they were super expensive and prices have come down dramatically.

Still the cost needs to be coming from taxes, private funding etc.

I don't believe that it is possible to say anything about being cost effective in the long term (less maintenance for example).

Before anyone can make claims like that, we need full scale testing under real life conditions etc.

This should start with government and/or university testing to ensure it is done properly.

If we (the general population of the world) can make it work, we should make every effort to do so. I may give some money on Indiegogo, just for trying !!

My biggest concern (and I had another ride in this morning in pouring Singapore rain (Malaysian side was dry)) is how will the surface function in the wet. On motorbikes that is kind of a big thing I feel there is a lot of development work still to be done and it should be done because if it works (technically and financially) it would be AWESOME FREAKIN GREAT BRO MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

I'd wonder how it would work in colder climes. First, you get less sun, so less benefit per fixed cost. Also, as someone who has seen frost heaved roads, I wonder how all the nice little electrical connections will stay together.

Due to cost, I wonder if some sort of solar "paint" could be developed with nano solar cells suspended in it.

I contributed and hope that they can make it work in a cost effective way.  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Didn't get passed the tosser saying solar freakin highways. Instant stop for me that!

^ Harnessing the energy of that announcer would probably work better than the sun!

Love the idea...but as @Northernmonkeyjones said....mucho£ GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
HAVE 1999 Discovery 2 GS 4.0 V8 - Silver - Off Road Toy
GONE 2013 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue. Black with Silver roofline and 22" s
HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

Great! And even if you do not like the paper where it is wrapped in, you do not throw away the gift. The benefit would be enormous, for the planet, for all of us, so even for you. I'll support them, come on all you FFRR drivers, you can't be that conservative. Let's support them with a 3 day fuelconsumption in money. You can afford it!