Brandon Ralph McBride usually rides his bike to work at Middle Ground Consulting, LLC, in midtown Las Vegas, Nevada. On those occasions he drives his car to work he turns up in an electric car, which he has been driving for about a year now, and parks it in his private parking space he recently got as one of the perks of his job.
He is a big advocate of alternative forms of energy and non-petroleum based forms of energy, which is why he drives an electric car. As an advocate of solar power he was greatly interested to learn of a prototype vehicle made by the Ford Motor Company and shown off in early 2014. The Ford C-Max Solar Energi is called a plug-in hybrid that has solar panels on its roof to power up the battery when the car is parked outside.
"It's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction," says Brandon Ralph McBride. "Ideally one of the big automakers would commit to building a one hundred percent solar-powered car. The Energi is a hybrid, remember, so it still burns gasoline."
One of the difficulties in solar-powered cars is that they can only run efficiently when the sun is shining. Another drawback is that historically, solar powered cars have not produced enough energy to power an ordinary sized car, and past prototypes have mostly been small and lightweight. "But it can be done," says Brandon Ralph McBride. "It is feasible. I just wish these guys would get on the ball."
He is a big advocate of alternative forms of energy and non-petroleum based forms of energy, which is why he drives an electric car. As an advocate of solar power he was greatly interested to learn of a prototype vehicle made by the Ford Motor Company and shown off in early 2014. The Ford C-Max Solar Energi is called a plug-in hybrid that has solar panels on its roof to power up the battery when the car is parked outside.
"It's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction," says Brandon Ralph McBride. "Ideally one of the big automakers would commit to building a one hundred percent solar-powered car. The Energi is a hybrid, remember, so it still burns gasoline."
One of the difficulties in solar-powered cars is that they can only run efficiently when the sun is shining. Another drawback is that historically, solar powered cars have not produced enough energy to power an ordinary sized car, and past prototypes have mostly been small and lightweight. "But it can be done," says Brandon Ralph McBride. "It is feasible. I just wish these guys would get on the ball."