Ferris wheel ride with a spoked wheel with a plurality of gondolas arranged thereon for passengers, a supporting structure in which the spoked wheel is rotatably mounted, and a boarding area for passengers to board and alight from the gondolas , wherein photovoltaic elements are arranged on the spoked wheel , the gondolas , the supporting structure and/or the boarding area , and the ferris wheel ride comprising at least one electric motor and an electrical energy storage device which is electrically connected to the photovoltaic elements and is set up to store electrical energy from the photovoltaic elements , the electric motor being electrically connected to the energy storage device in such a way that the spoked wheel can be driven by the electric motor in a controlled manner, characterized in that a) the gondolas have gondola roofs and side panelings in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered with photovoltaic elements in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered, for example glued, with flexible photovoltaic elements , and/or b) the spoked wheel has spokes with spoke spaces formed between adjacent spokes in such a way that photovoltaic elements are arranged in spoke spaces in such a way that in an area adjacent to the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel , the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements is higher than the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements in an area radially more distant from the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel . wherein photovoltaic elements are arranged on the spoked wheel , the gondolas , the supporting structure and/or the boarding area , and the ferris wheel ride comprising at least one electric motor and an electrical energy storage device which is electrically connected to the photovoltaic elements and is set up to store electrical energy from the photovoltaic elements , the electric motor being electrically connected to the energy storage device in such a way that the spoked wheel can be driven by the electric motor in a controlled manner, characterized in that a) the gondolas have gondola roofs and side panelings in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered with photovoltaic elements in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered, for example glued, with flexible photovoltaic elements , and/or b) the spoked wheel has spokes with spoke spaces formed between adjacent spokes in such a way that photovoltaic elements are arranged in spoke spaces in such a way that in an area adjacent to the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel , the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements is higher than the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements in an area radially more distant from the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel . a) the gondolas have gondola roofs and side panelings in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered with photovoltaic elements in such a way that the gondola roofs and/or side panelings are completely or partially covered, for example glued, with flexible photovoltaic elements , and/or b) the spoked wheel has spokes with spoke spaces formed between adjacent spokes in such a way that photovoltaic elements are arranged in spoke spaces in such a way that in an area adjacent to the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel , the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements is higher than the occupancy of the spoke spaces with photovoltaic elements in an area radially more distant from the axis of rotation of the spoked wheel . <EOS>