ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoAptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicleelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down11
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minus-squareRevan343linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 hours agoSolar panels are also added weight, which reduces range. Any way you look at it, it makes more sense to have the solar panels at a base location you go back to. I guess an RV, or a camp trailer, makes sense to have panels on it, but that’s about it
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThere’s also things like Sentinel mode on Teslas that use power. My main gripe is people think a solar car will never need to be charged, or only on trips, and that’s just not the case.
Solar panels are also added weight, which reduces range. Any way you look at it, it makes more sense to have the solar panels at a base location you go back to.
I guess an RV, or a camp trailer, makes sense to have panels on it, but that’s about it
There’s also things like Sentinel mode on Teslas that use power.
My main gripe is people think a solar car will never need to be charged, or only on trips, and that’s just not the case.