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Old 03-19-2022, 02:17 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
But I was thinking more along the lines of fold out solar panels on an EV converted VW Bus.
Cars don't have enough surface area for that to work.

My van has 300 watts of solar on the roof. I could double that if I was OK with panels extending past the edges of the roof.

Even assuming 100% rated production and no charging losses:

600 watt x 10 hours = 6 kWh. My much smaller Bolt EV goes 4 miles on a kWh. 6 x 4 = 24 miles of range per day.
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