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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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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?