NEWATLAS: When I came across this solar-powered bike, I wondered which bikemaker could be behind it. Someone well-established like Honda or Verge? Or perhaps an innovative yet frugal Chinese brand? Well, it turns out, none of them. This ingenious breakthrough comes from an architecture and design firm. No kidding!
Named MASK Architects, the firm specializes in architectural design and consultation, and engineering services. The Solaris, as the motorcycle is called, is a one-off developed as part of the firm’s "Invent and Integrate" design approach initiated by its founders.
The two-wheeler can produce power on its own without the need for fuel or big, heavy batteries, dense charging networks, or electrical grids. And for all that, the company seems to have managed to produce a rather acceptable design for a motorcycle that relies on solar energy.
Solaris gets a set of retractable circular solar wings that deploy like a canopy over the bike when parked to absorb sunlight and juice up the integrated lithium battery on the bike.
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