Solar energy already got competitive, finally. And large solar plants are much less expansive per watt than home solar instalations.
A electric car, Morelli like, with solar cells, could save cost, needing a smaller battery.
Another idea would be a government plan to allow to sell the energy produced by car, when not using after batteries already charged, or at least get energy credits to pay energy bills. It would require a decive to measure and ensure the energy is running to the net, just to avoid frauds.
Sorry, I need to research on web, but the Solarworld N.1 probably have quite better range than 28 miles.
Despite similar aerodynamics, I bet it take less power than Aptera car per mile.
Have you heard about Stella solar car, a solar family car ?
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
If a car had 1800 W of solar panels and could sit in ideal sun for 4hrs, it would recharge 7.2kWh back into the battery. That would get the typical EV 28 miles of range. We don't live in an ideal world, so it would not work out like that.
Much better to put the solar panels on a roof and charge the car from the grid.
BTW, even if we replaced all fossil fuel passenger vehicles with EV, that would not save the world from petrol. It's used much more extensively in many other areas besides personal transportation. It would be a nice start though.
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