Driver's 'solar powered' Holden ute impounded

Unlicensed driver’s bizarre ‘solar powered’ Holden ute quickly pulled off the road and impounded: ‘Was he trying to go Back to the Future?’

• A Holden Ute was pulled over while sporting solar panels
• The unlicensed driver was driving without number plates
• The 40-year-old man was arrested over a bench warrant

An unlicensed motorist will face court after he was pulled over driving a Holden ute sporting makeshift solar panels. 

The 40-year-old man was seen driving the unregistered Commodore with the bizarre fittings on Thursday afternoon on Stud Road in Scoresby in Melbourne’s east. 

Highway Patrol police said the man was pulled over because his vehicle had no number plates attached.  

Pictures of the beat-up ute were uploaded to the Yarra Ranges Police social media, with one commenter asking, ‘Was he trying to go Back to the Future?’

The solar panels were shown screwed onto the car’s bonnet, roof, sides, tray cover and at the back of the vehicle.

Dead leaves could be seen piled up near the top of the bonnet next to cables connecting the panels on the battered vehicle.

A 40-year-old man was driving the unregistered Commodore (pictured) with the bizarre fittings on Thursday afternoon on Stud Road in Scoresby in Melbourne’s east

Images of the beat-up ute went viral after they were posted to the Yarra Ranges Police social media with one asking, ‘Was he trying to go Back to the Future?’

Images of the silver ute went viral with one online user asking, ‘Does it work at night?’, while another joked if ‘Is this still available?’. 

‘Didn’t want to be noticed… at all,’ another sarcastic commenter added.  

‘Is this car actually running on solar? Has he chucked batteries and an electric motor in it too?’ another asked.

The driver was arrested on an unrelated bench warrant while the ute was impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1,006. 

The man will appear at the Magistrates’ Court at a later date to explain his actions. 

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