Summary Reader Response + Thesis Statement

 According to the article Kok, (2021), ‘Go-Ahead Singapore rolls out 6-month trial of public buses with solar panels, lightweight and slim solar panels are being installed on buses 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. 5


As part of a trial lasting half a year, the panels are evaluated based on their capacity to increase fuel economy, absorb sunlight, and work at higher temperatures and after regular cleaning. Due to Singapore’s sunny, hot and humid climate, the panels are predicted to do better here than in the United Kingdom where the data was based. By future statistics, they would like to increase the production of these buses. 


Solar panel buses will overcome future environmental side effects that we are doing harm now to the earth. It reduces carbon emission and fuel consumption which affects global warming. 

Kok, Y (2021) Go-Ahead Singapore rolls out a 6-month trial of public buses with solar panels. THE STRAITS TIMES.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/first-public-buses-with-solar-panels-hit-the-road-in-six-month-trial-by-go-ahead

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