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Old 06-25-2019, 11:26 PM   #18 (permalink)
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An EV can get a charge while parked via the charging port. Forcing charging through the tiny straw that is the installed solar is ludacris (without the mode selection).

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This car should appeal to tens of people. A neat engineering exercise, but of no practical value.
I expect this will be like the Volkswagen XL1: a wildly expensive eco-halo car produced in very limited numbers, all of which will be snapped up by wealthy enthusiasts who never drive them.
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