Following the innovative mind and then, invention of this unique solar car, this 24-year-old Sierra Leonean has just showed how wastes can become wealth.
Emmanuel Alieu Mansaray, a “self-taught inventor” said that it took him three years to build this unique car, and now, he drives the “Imagination Car” all around town.
“Having a solar car like my ‘Imagination Car’ using solar power for transportation will make for a cleaner atmosphere, thereby reducing the risk of dangerous gaseous emissions that have led to the death of thousands of people around the world,” he told The Outlet.
Mansaray is currently a college student at Fourah Bay College, at the University of Sierra Leone. Although he is studying geology as an undergraduate, but he says his ultimate goal is to bring the so-called “Imagination Car” to the mass market.
However, the car painted in his country’s colors, green, blue, white has a solar panel above it. The car also comes with an engine, which Mansaray developed himself and gear system that makes it go backward and forward.
Interestingly, the car was made in such a way that it would help people with disability.
“Some disabled people have cars that they can’t drive unless they paid individuals to drive them because their feet can’t reach down the clutch, brake, and accelerator, which is challenging. But for my ‘Imagination solar-powered car’, all the features are installed in the steering; including the clutch, brake and accelerator, and all other necessary features. With all this, every disabled person can drive with less to worry about,” he said.
Ultimately, Mansaray hopes that his solar car will not only provide hope to others, but will also be a boost to the economy in Sierra Leone.
