At long last, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in partnership with the Technical University of Munich, has constructed a solar-powered 4x4 vehicle.
The environmentally-friendly vehicle, meant to carry passengers and goods, was inaugurated by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the 51st congregation of the KNUST, Kumasi.
The vehicle, developed by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, comes as a breakthrough as the nation seeks to industrialized.
Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Vice-Chancellor of the KNUST, said the invention was the University’s response to living up to its core mandate of spearheading the development of innovative technologies.
The solar-powered vehicle, he said, was still being tested and tried over some period with the hope of fine-tuning it in order to bring it to standard.
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, taking a test drive after he inaugurated the car. With him on the vehicle is Mr Marhu Soctes, one of the project leaders from Germany.
source - graphic.com.gh
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