Is a solar car possible, if you only travel
20M (32KM) a day
The average travel time to work in the United States is 25.4 minutes.??
It could sit and charge all day at your job, then you drive home.
I work nights and have a garage
It would have to be light , I read that somebody got their Geo Metro down to 1560lbs.
>>14674608
Have you seen solar cars? They're slow as fuck even with all the low drag aero>
>>14674604
> made me laugh -fucker-
This wouldn't be for everybody....
>>14674626
Yes , but it would have a very small range.
It would look like this..
2204.62lbs (1 tonne)
Or... like this
>>14674592
i don't understand the point at all. you're just mounting the solar panel on the car instead of your garage roof, but the effect is the same. it still routes power through a battery that the car has. might as well just power it from solar being produced at a solar field 30 miles away.
if you really want solar, get an obama grant and put solar on your house's roof and buy an ev.
>>14674592
Chinese Solar Company To Build Solar Powered Cars
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/02/03/chinese-solar-company-build-solar-powered-cars/
>>14674592
your file names are triggering me
>>14674780
>>14674780
>>14674767
Good point...(Apartment or Renting... it's already on the car so you don't have to pay to have it installed)
Still, good point.
>>14674770
>Chinese made
That's going to work and be reliable.
Just get a motorcycle
Seriously there is no reason to put solar on a car. Its always going to be the better option to pull from stationary solar or the grid.
>>14674770
Saleen S7 with a bodykit
>>14674906
>>14674822
>>14674871
Young Afghan student builds solar-powered motorbike at home!
http://www.damngeeky.com/2014/12/26/28270/young-afghan-student-builds-solar-powered-motorbike-at-home.html
Nigerian student builds wind- and solar-powered car from scrap
http://starrfmonline.com/1.1976954
>>14674919
True but, but it wouldn't be free power.
>>14674925
Because it just sits there sits 90% of the time,
Buy a horse and feed it on grass.
>>14674988
>amish have been using solar cars for ages
>>14674988
>Another laugh -fuck you 2-
Pic related 2200lb reptile (cold blooded animal) >so a solar powered car might work, can't won't explain too lazy(drunk)
>>14674926
>Saleen S7 with a bodykit
nope , with with Photoshop
>>14674964
>hurr
The ground sits there sits 100% of the time. Put solar on the ground.
>>14675058
>whut whut whut?
>>14674608
In the UK we got the Metro with what Americans would consider some pretty high levels of kit; front fog lights, big bucket seats, central locking, electric windows, electric mirrors, boot spoiler etc all on one car. 1560lbs is less than 100lbs lighter than one of those cars so with the mega simple ones over there that doesn't seem like a whole lot of weight to loose.
>>14675141
So add a 180 lb battery =1740lb 0.78tonne
The 4.4kWh lithium-ion battery developed for the Prius Plug-in fits under the rear cargo floor and weighs 80 kg (180 lb). this is good for 20miles
We already have high efficiency solar panels and electric cars that work. The problem is the design and expectations. They keep building electric cars like sedans. Full size and full of comforts instead of a single person econo box which is what it needs to be. One seat, 1200 lbs or less. Ultra small, a non standard vehicle.
>>14676658
1200lb I think would be too light, unless it where a trike (reverse Trike)
>>14676658
A solar twingo
>>14675058
Stupid idea. The following explains why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obS6TUVSZds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZBrHqTJk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbKYNcmFUw
>>14674822
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