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Originally Posted by RedDevil
At €50,000 it would be more expensive than some EVs, but not extremely so.
You'd pay way less on electricity, as it has 5 square meter of satellite grade solar panels and an extremely low consumption per mile anyway.
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$50k for a substandard EV is no bargain. I'd be surprised if they ever sold 1000 units.
Maybe solar is more important in other countries where electricity is expensive. In the US, it's hard to justify solar when electricity is $0.12/kWh on average.
Then again, if I were paying something crazy like $0.40/kWh, I'd put those panels on my roof and angle them optimally to maximize electricity production.
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Originally Posted by All Darc
If Lightyear One have supercapacitors, then the solar roof will help to keep the batteries a longer life, but I would say 10% or less of extra life.
It if there are no supercacitor, this will not happens. It the solar cells "pump" energy to the battery it will not increase the life of the battery since each energy that came in and came out shortens battery life.
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What's worse than battery degradation is the fact that the solar panels will spend 99.9% of the time either not aimed optimally enough to maximize solar production, or the battery will already be full so the solar energy has to be wasted. People will have to do complex planning based on forecasted sunshine and anticipated parking locations to determine how much to charge from the grid so they can maximize the amount they can receive from the solar panels.
This is a dumb idea. A very, very dumb idea. As I've said, you're better off attaching pedal generators in the passenger seating areas. At least then they can generate 200W regardless of solar conditions.