Solar Powered Car (1960)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Various shots of what is believed to be the first car in the world utilising sun rays as energy fuel - first solar powered car, looks like the old timer. LS. Cloudy skies, no sun. CU. Charles A. Escoffrey, the inventor of the car smiling. LS. The vintage car travelling along road. (Mute F.G.) Date found in the old record - 01/07/1960. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.