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Totally agree how the thermodynamics and the economics doesn't add up. Solar panels on cars never really made sense for a reason. The view factor and efficiency
by syntaxing 7y ago
Totally agree how the thermodynamics and the economics doesn't add up. Solar panels on cars never really made sense for a reason. The view factor and efficiency of a solar panel on a car would produce very little energy. I would be surprised if it's more than 500W without some sort of breakthrough technology. People forget that 50 kWh (the standard range of a Model 3) is a shitton of energy. A full roof can barely keep up with those number, let alone a car amount of solar panels.