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VW made a 4-wheeled Aptera competitor/XL1 successor concept car ("Mission Efficiency")
(www.volkswagen-newsroom.com)
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The solar roof is a gimmick that doesn't matter. Unless you care about the ability to leave it outside for a week for a single 50 mile trip.
I guess it's useful in a zombie apocalypse, but solar on your house goes a lot farther.
The Aptera gets about 40 miles per day from solar alone, and has been independently verified.
That is enough to cover light daily commutes without ever plugging in.
thanks. you put independently verified but the person still gave you guff.
Wow, people believe anything. Maybe little elves will generate another 20 miles of range.
Doesn't matter to you.
The problem is solar on your house doesn't go anywhere at all. It's fixed to your roof.
With a sufficient-sized array, a crazy efficient vehicle, sufficient exposure, and a conservative commute, you may never have to plug it in at all.
Doesn't fit on a car. That's the point.
It has already been done.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3uzuW-YvBE0&ra=m
Are you seriously referencing a YouTube video for truth?
They did cover more surface area than I expected. In my experience you can get around 3.5 miles per kWh. So at 4 kWh per day in car solar...
Apteras goal is “radical efficiency” which is why the vehicle looks so strange. It is not just the panels that make it work. They are getting 1 mile per 100 Wh with this design.
Also because it's not a car and has no safety concerns, not even bumpers. Doors are paper thin because this is legally an electric Polaris Slingshot.
I call bullshit. Real world, you will never see this outside June 21st near the equator if you can magically park without any shade.
The math of the solar area doesn't add up.
And one of the main goals of that car is to get way more than 3.5 miles per kWh, so what's your point?
But...it does?
50 miles is about a third of the distance a car drives in a week in Europe. A lot of people will have a hard time charging at home. So having a third less trips to public chargers will be a huge advantage. That is especially true, when the solar adds little weight and cost to the car.