This car uses beacon technology to get the maximum out of the sun - AP

Instead of draws power from a contact, it uses a special technology to extract maximum energy from the sun.

A day of sunlight will provide car similar benefits and range as a conventional C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid that is charged on the mains.

car has a stated average consumption of 0.24 liters of mila, and by utilizing solar believes Ford average user can reduce the annual greenhouse gas emissions by four tonnes, equivalent to an American family escapes in four months.

Smart partners

concept car shown at CES is a collaboration between Ford, California-based SunPower Corp.. and Georgia-based Institute of Technology.

SunPower has been Ford’s technology partner on solar cells since 2011.

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But since it takes time to use solar energy to fully charge the batteries, turned Ford into Georgia Institute of Technology for assistance to enhance the effect of sunlight.

Lantern technology

Researchers developed a concentrator that uses a special Fresnel lens, originally developed for use in lighthouses.

This seems almost like a burning glass and enhances the radiation intensity eight times by following the sun path from east to west.

With fully charged batteries concept car is expected to have the same range as a conventional C-Max Energi plug-in, a total of approximately 1,000 km of which 34 km on electricity.

It can also be recharged from a regular power outlet, if the sun were to be absent one day.

show in Las Vegas will Ford and its partners begin testing the vehicle under realistic day-to-day conditions.

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