Solar Car - World's Smallest Solar Powered Car - Educational Solar Powered Toy

This little toy is so TINY and cool!! It's barely the size of a nickel, but it's made really well. Let me just say, it ONLY works in strong, direct sunlight. It will not work under a lamp or even in weak winter sunlight. But take it outside on a sunny summer day and it's like a tiny jet car! It takes a few seconds to store up a little bit of energy and suddenly it will take off like mad. I put mine on the railing around our back deck and it goes VERY fast, shoots off the deck and keeps on going if it lands on the driveway. It's amazing how fast it is for how small. All the people who said in reviews that it's "broken" or "doesn't work" did not follow the instructions and try it outside in strong sunlight. As long as it stays upright in the sun it will keep going and going. A couple times I almost lost it. The flatter and smoother the surface you put it on, the better. I tried putting it on macadam and unless it's REALLY smooth (like a driveway) it's a little too bumpy and the car will flip itself over. The best thing is a cement sidewalk or wooden deck boards. Kids have a blast sending it back & forth to each other. Sometimes if the sun is strong enough, I can get it to roll across the desk or the windowsill. It's cute, amazing & fun, and teaches kids about how solar energy works. And it SHOULD teach adults how to read directions, which apparently some of them are incapable of.

At first I thought that these cars didn't work (I bought 2 to "race"). It took some trial and error to find the right place to race them. They need direct sun and will not work if there is even the faintest amount of clouds in the sky. Having said that, the cars zip along on very bright, sunny days. The best place for my cars turned out the be the street because there weren't any shadows from tree branches overhead. If they are not bathed in direct sunlight constantly, they just stop. They don't even have the momentum to carry them through a tiny shadow. The cars didn't work inside with a flashlight held over them. They ambled along slowly on my driveway, which is just a typical paved driveway. Maybe the teeny bumps bothered the wheels. They worked great on the very smooth road.

Got for hubby, him and the kids has enjoyed playing with it around the house. Can wait to take it to the park to see how far it will go, limited space at home to play with it seeing how it's needs to be on realy flat groun. It's really small but douse what it says it will it's been lots of fun going to be buying more for strokings this Christmas I can think of a lot of family young and old that will enjoy this little car.

These silly cars go in the sunshine and stop abruptly when they drive out of the sun. They can go fast, but that is ALL they do. There are no controls etc. Just put them in direct sunlight and wait. If there is no sun you can leave them on window sill that gets sun. Then you will look for them since they will start going as soon as the sun comes up. All this is very entertained for the 51/2 year old that spends a lot of time at my house. I paid a low price and they were well worth, but if I have paid anymore, I would have liked more functionality.

Better packaging could have avoided mine arriving with a split rear tire, but until I lost that tire, it still performed well under bright sunlight. Now I can come up with some other solar-powered project to build around the still fully functional solar cell and electric motor. Just be aware that the cost of shipping is several times the cost of the item, and it may take literally months for it to arrive, as it did for me. If more reasonable shipping costs could be negotiated for a bulk order, this would be a great item for a science class at virtually any grade level.

At the beginning of Summer Vacation I give each one of my grandchildren a Summer Fun Kit. A paper/cloth grocery satchel filled with goodies . Keeping road trips in mind, I include coloring books, crayons, markers, pencils and blank paper. Paperbacks, age and gender specific. Disguised fun workbooks for math,science,history, etc and learning toys. The big hit this year were the solar cars. Most fun were car races, in particular a 13 yr. brother and his 8 yr old sister. Let's hear it for the Girls ! The price is great so buy a semi full ! You can't go wrong!

Got this ad a trinket toy to throw in a stocking. I'm a purist and feel Santa should only deliver things the elves would make. :-) This is a cute toy, and a novel design, but it is TINY. Very, very small. I'd say the size of a quarter. I got a few, so it'll still be cute, but keep the size in mind when you order. Also shipped faster then expected.

This solar car really does move with direct light ! But it has to be direct light like bright sunlight or flashlight. So to shine flashlight on it to move 6" is not a toy but certainly neat to see.

Funciona a la perfección a gran velocidad a pleno sol y se para en cuanto alcanza la sombra. Un entretenimiento para mayores y niños y una demostración práctica de las posibilidades de la energía solar a un precio más que asequible.

Positiv:-Es funktioniert wirklich-Flitzt in der Sonne über ebenen Belag-Falls uneben kippt es leicht-Top zu Demonstrationszwecken oder größeren Kindern Solar-Technik zu erklärenNagativ:-1 Monat Lieferzeit (aber bekannt, daher OK)-Kein Lenkwinkel einstellbarAnmerkung:-Evtl. kleine "Bahn" aus Pappe bauen, dann kann's im Kreis fahren ;-)

Bonito juguete para entender el funcionamiento de una célula fotovoltaica. Es bastante rápido, pero sólo funciona si le da el sol de una manera muy directa (con el sol de la tarde no va tan bien como con el de la mañana). En la sombra se para. Parece muy delicado pero lo tenemos desde hace meses y sigue funcionando. Es pequeño, medirá unos 2 cm de largo.

Es un coche mínimo, como el dedo gordo, pero funciona perfectamente cuando le da el sol de pleno y corre mucho.Nada del otro mundo, pero lo hemos disfrutado mi hijo y yo.

Llegaron dentro de su fecha prevista.paquete y envoltura bien.son muy pequeñitos y una vez que cojen calor corren mucho lo malo que pesan muy poco y se levantan de delante y algunas ruedas no son del todo .....bueno,que se van hacia un lado... Por precio satisfecho para reír un rato con los peques

Nach mehr als einem Monat nach dem prognostizierten Lieferdatum ist das Autochen gut verpackt in meinem Briefkasten angekommen.Es braucht recht viel Licht zum Fahren. Die Februarsonne eines fast klaren Tages schafft es leider nicht, das Fahrzeug hinter einer Scheibe anzutreiben. Nur wenn man es hochhebt, drehen sich die Räder.Ich warte auf den Frühling oder den Sommer. Hoffentlich wird das Auto mehr "Power" haben.Ansonsten ist es schön klein und sieht putzig aus.

Coche muy interesante para ver como funciona la energía solar. Es muy pequeño a penas mide unos 3 cm, pero por el precio que tiene, o al menos cuando yo lo compré, es un Chollazo.

Questa macchinina con pannello solare funziona solo con la luce diretta del sole e se si mettesse sotto una lampadina essa non funzionerebbe. È molto piccola circa meno di un mignolo, per intenderci. Se volete buttare 3€ è ciò che fa per voi.

auto piccolissima e spoglia me per pochi euro è favolosa vederla viaggiare sotto il sole, con un piccolo pannellino solare e un micro motore viaggia che è una favola.

dovrebbero migliorare l'aderenza dei "pneumatici" in quanto si staccano in continuazione facendo bloccare il funzionamento dell'auto, se risolvono questa cosa scocciante 5 stelle!ovviamente ha bisogno di luce diretta per funzionare ma quello non è un problema

Coche minúsculo pero al niño le gustó,lo malo es que es muy endeble y el primer día se rompió

Coge mucha velocidad. Necesita la luz solar para funcionar. Por el precio, excelente. El tamaño es pequeño pero a los niños les encanta.

Ne ho comprati due e nn ne funziona nemmeno uno. Ho provato vari tipi di luce etc ma niente da fare.. anche misurando col tester dal pannellino non esce proprio nulla. peccato

Molto piccola divertente. Richiede di essere illuminata in pieno sole

Piccolissima. L'auto funziona egregiamente al sole, ma anche con una luce forte posta molto vicino le ruote si muovono ugualmente.Ottimo per esperimenti con i più piccoli, o come gadget da tenere sul comò.