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Old 06-25-2013, 04:51 AM   #60 (permalink)
bschloop
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
My mother keeps telling me that we do not have more solar panels here in Arizona because it gets too hot, although hopefully it does not get cold enough to severely impair battery life.
A solar powered vehicle would have a built in cooling mechanism for the cells, the air you are moving through. even a black car cools down considerably when you start moving.
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