Installation

Daisy

bookable

The world's largest solar-powered tricycle: 15 ft tall, with a carriage for four adults behind the driver, running on nothing but sunlight.

Daisy at night: a giant tricycle with glowing spoked wheels, lit frame and a painted sail over the passenger carriage

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Specs

Footprint 15 ft tall.

Weight ~1,500 lb (est.)

Power Solar-powered, no generator

Runs on its own overhead solar panels.

Transport Flatbed trailer. / Quoted per event from its home base.

Container fit Flatbed only

Install Carries four passengers plus a driver. / The artist drives; one helper on site. Ready in under an hour.

Machinery None on site. / Rides on and off its trailer by ramp.

Storage Covered storage about 10 x 20 ft. / Panels fold for travel.

Home base Vancouver, BC

Engineering Structural engineer reviewed (not a P.Eng)

Reviewed by a structural engineer. / No P.Eng stamp.

Insurance Artist's own liability certificate, confirmed per event. / Certificate naming your event on request.

Site A paved or packed-dirt route for rides. / Sun for charging; plan a shaded parking spot between rides.

Daisy is a 15 ft tricycle with two huge spoked wheels, a passenger carriage for four adults and a driver up front. A canopy of solar panels overhead powers it, so it drives all day on sunlight and nothing else. At night its frame lights up and a painted sail glows over the riders.

Inventor, fabricator and professor Bob Schneeveis built it in 2004. In 2007 it was bought by Rob Cunningham, one of the founders of Vancouver's eatART Foundation, and it helped inspire eatART itself. A UBC engineering capstone team rebuilt its drivetrain in 2018. It has carried passengers around the Seattle Mini Maker Faire and across the playa at Burning Man, and it lives in Vancouver.

Request to book

Bring Daisy to your event

Nothing is held until we confirm your dates.