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Old 06-10-2021, 07:50 PM   #94 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
That means it works on paper, assuming everything goes as expected.

Would be a more interesting life wondering if it was sunny enough yesterday to drive, or if I'll be riding my bicycle in the rain again. Get up an hour earlier every day just in case. Real efficient there.

It's what's known as a solution in search of a problem.
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
That tells you he's a shrill.
The average case scenario is neither worse case nor best case. Some people on some days will get more than 40 miles per day of solar off the car. Others on other days will get less. If you live in a sunny are you will average more than 40 miles per day. If you live where it tends to be cloudy you will get significantly less.

Then you add that to a car with a 1,000 range. With that kind of range, does it matter how much sun you got yesterday, the past few days or even during the past week? 40 miles average works even if you have several days or even a couple weeks of cloudy conditions every once in a while.

If solar on an efficient car is worthless, does nothing, won't work, then solar races are all frauds and there must be some conspiracy.
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