The long term project has been led by the director of CARC, Dr. AKM Abdul Malek Azad, Research Engineers, Ataur Rahman and Jaber Al Rashid with collaboration of IDCOL have worked on making electric solar rickshaw vans and launched it in the area of Savar, Dhaka. The team was asked to prepare a presentation focusing on Limitations/Challenges faced, Financial Cost Benefit Analysis, Appropriate assumptions to be considered in the field, Desired Output vs Actual Output. The presentation demonstrated the progress in front of the IDCOL evaluation panel led by Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury at an IDCOL workshop held on the 25th of September 2016. Dhaka Tribune gladly featured this project, bringing a lot of attention to this initiative nationwide and inspired other R&D ventures to invest more in renewable energy.