The former president, who has died aged 100, famously installed thermal solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979. View on euronews

Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of them go up in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 2017. The panels were capable of powering more than half the town.

President Carter’s influence on the automotive industry was transformative, especially for fuel efficiency and functional safety standards.