Cycling Power and Speed Calculator

Solar vehicle version, 8'x16' body - so 1000W of solar panels.

This would go at 25 mph with a 300 lb vehicle weight, 165 lb rider weight, with 5 square foot frontal area with 500W of power according to this calculator -

https://www.gribble.org/cycling/power_v_speed.html

Notes

• Biggest gain is obtained from reducing coefficient of drag due to wind. Air foil (wing) has the lowest drag - less than 0.1
• Best cars are at cd=0.22 - [1], and VW XL1 cd=0.19 [2]. Impractical cars can do better.
• Aptera - lowest cd=0.15 in history for a production car[3], which is 850 mpg equivalent.
• Stingray/Stealth bomber/airfoil mix type bodies can be around 0.1.