They set out with the idea of creating a photovoltaic panel that would follow the sunlight and ended up building a car prototype that has no emissions; as a matter of fact, it releases oxygen into the air. In other words, a Flower Car is a vehicle that is beneficial to the environment, just like a flower...
Simone Scarselletta and Samuele Poce, both eighteen, brought their prototype – developed at the Phyrtual Factory in the Phyrtual Innovation Gym - to the Maker Faire.
In this interview with Cecilia Stajano, FMD School Innovation Coordinator, Simone and Samuele, explain how the Flower Car works.
Simone and Samuele are part of a team that participated in the youth self-enterprise accelerator also including Alessandro Liberatori, Fabio Fontana, Yuri Franceschetti and Pierpaolo Tagliaboschi, all students in Class IVH at IIS Dante Alighieri in Anagni (Frosinone).
Flower Car is one of the two teams selected by Project IoT Acceleration in collaboration with the Fondazione Lars Magnus Ericsson.
