German manufacturer Audi AG, holding a number of German engineers in a team called the Part-Time Scientists, create a new vehicle to roam in the month. Lunar Electric cars Quattro launched in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition was planned to be launched to the moon in 2017.
In a press release Audi, the electric car frame and body made of aluminum. He holds four electric motors berbaterai lithium ion.
To charge the battery, the car is also equipped with solar panels to capture sunlight and converted into electrical energy and disimpang in the battery.
In theory, the car was able to walk on the lunar surface at a speed of 3.6 km / h. Semabri runs, he will record an event and objects encountered on the lunar surface. To that end, the Audi and the team was complete with two stereoscopic cameras. The tape was later sent to the earth.
The car will be transported by a rocket to the moon, with a journey of more than 380 thousand kilometers. The trip is expected to take five days it will end up in the northern part kahtulistiwa month. The landing site is near the Apollo 17 landing place when the aircraft was landing on the moon.
