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Pretty much just as unsuited. Even if a van has 3 times the area available to solar panels it's still a negligible amount of energy... By the way, the best bo
by Yeroc 7y ago
Pretty much just as unsuited. Even if a van has 3 times the area available to solar panels it's still a negligible amount of energy...
By the way, the best book and/or course I've read for building intuition for these kinds of questions is "Physics for Future Presidents" by Richard Muller. He used to teach it as a course at CMU and I believe the lecture series is still available to watch or listen to online. Very worthwhile.
- agumonkey 7y agoI know the amount of energy is small. But IF a company spends time on solar over a normal car, doing so on a van seems 3x better. Even if it doesn't power the motor, a van can have appliances, tools that can be powered by a .9kW setup (I think that could fit on an average van roof) Also, they have more flat surface for batteries at the bottom too.