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If you can get a lot of panels on the car it is possible depending on how you drive the car. If you swap to LED lights and drive mostly in the daytime with lots of time for the battery to recharge it might work.
The idea that I might do on my xfi project is do the large solar panels but leave the alternator on the car and just turn it off with a switch. That way if you need to drive at night or longer distances you can turn the alternator on and keep driving. When it is off it will be a tiny load on the engine only.
The way I thought about doing it was using a lexan sheet and lay over the trunk lid and heat it to form the proper shape. Then cut away the trunk except for the outer edge and replace it with the lexan. Then just put the panels under it to protect them from damage. Might take the entire trunk lid and maybe the hood to get enough panels to break even with a minimal load with the engine running.
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