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As mentioned by Kok, (2021) in the article, “Go-Ahead Singapore carries out 6-months trial of public buses with solar panels”, the first public buses fitted with ultra-thin solar panels started plying the roads, in a six-month proof-of-concept trial by bus operators by Go-Ahead Singapore to charge their batteries instead of depending on an alternator. The panels, which weigh less than 20 kg, are slender and produce 1,000 watts of power. These are predicted to save 1,400 liters of fuel yearly, cutting 3.7 tonnes of carbon emissions. Kok mentioned that these figures are based on data from a similar trial that Go-Ahead has been conducting since 2019 in Southampton in the United Kingdom, where there are currently 18 buses fitted with these solar panels. The six-month trial here aims to evaluate how the buses perform in Singapore, how effective the panels are in harnessing solar energy and reducing fuel consumption and to ensure that the panels are robust enough to withstand t...