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my comment remains: if they commercialized such efficient cells, why bother making a car? Why not take the money and go buy a small-to-medium-sized country to r
by dmitrygr 7y ago
my comment remains: if they commercialized such efficient cells, why bother making a car? Why not take the money and go buy a small-to-medium-sized country to retire in?
- gnode 7y agoMore efficient conversion of sunlight electricity doesn't mean the cells are cost effective for putting on a house. On a luxury car like this, area is constrained and money is no object, so it may make sense to use otherwise prohibitively expensive cells to win a few extra percent efficiency. Similarly, such multi-junction cells are used on spacecraft, where the lower mass per watt makes it worthwhile.