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Originally Posted by redpoint5
It could have had a measly 3.4 kWh larger battery pack and that extra range would be available all of the time rather than only during optimum conditions.
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The conditions were not optimal, and the use case for solar panels on a car is not the long trips beyond battery range kind.
The point of having panels is that they keep charging when the car is parked.
During the test the panels added about 25 miles of range in 9 hours on a mostly overcast day. So it would easily add 200 miles in a week, or 10,000 in a year.
If your commute is not way beyond say 40 miles a day, you'd only have to charge it in winter, during especially bad spells of weather or when you do extra driving.
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