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Old 06-10-2021, 10:46 AM   #87 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
Engineering Explained on YouTube just did a video in why the solar panels on an Aptera would work, even if you include average cloud cover, etc. His numbers ended up being even a little more optimistic than Aptera's.
Modern types of panels are getting more efficient
with indirect lighting
Lighter
Cheaper

You add them together and they work when your forced to park under the open sky anyway.

Worth it in my book if your willing to pay the premium for expensive electricity.

Hopefully panels on vehicles will arrest the pandemic 12 volt battery failure issue as well whereby your car sits a few weeks and then your buying a new 12v

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Originally Posted by samwichse View Post
This new promotional video shows the back hatch glassed in like a more traditional car. There are still rear view cameras instead of side mirrors, so I'm assuming they're allowed now... but the hatch is glass? I thought I remember that whole area covered in solar cells. Seems like that hugely reduces the number of cells they could mount on the top of this thing.

It’s an option, base car has a small panel central on the roof, pay extra and you can do the hatch and the hood.
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