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The claimed range would meet easily meet my mileage five days of the week – it's a big win! I'm in a fairly sunny city in Australia so I imagine I'd get a decen

The claimed range would meet easily meet my mileage five days of the week – it's a big win! I'm in a fairly sunny city in Australia so I imagine I'd get a decent charge much of the time. I don't think this'd work so well in say, Vancouver, but then every place has to use the renewable energy sources locally available :-)

sandworm101 7y ago
If you don't park in the shade. If your parking space doesn't tilt slightly away from the the sun. For the same money you would be far better off installing some solar panels permanently somewhere along with a battery that can transfer that power into the car when you get home. Or, better yet, skip the batteries and plug the solar panels into the grid. The more solar panels attached to the grid the better. Anyone who cares about the environment would put panels on their house, lawn, driveway and pets long before their car. This is a fashion statement, a fancy paint job. (And most people would be shocked at how much solar power is available in Vancouver. Without dust in the air, droughts most summers, and the lack of mountains to the south, Vancouver does fairly well in terms of solar.)
- mianos 7y ago
  +1 for the idea of putting solar panels on the pets. Pretty sure of the same marketing people who think putting solar cells on a car roof will be cost effective would love that idea.
- sydd 7y ago
  Most people who live in big cities in the EU dont have a house (and they make up >50% of the population). They live in apartments. Isnt this the case for the USA too?
  - sandworm101 7y ago
    And those cars would be parked underground, or at least on city streets ... not the best places for solar.
Johnny555 7y ago
If your commute is 5 miles/day, that's also bikeable, even walkable.
- tandr 7y ago
  > in a fairly sunny city in Australia nope, not doing that -- too hot.
  - icebraining 7y ago
    If you need AC, then your EV range will also suffer.
- EForEndeavour 7y ago
  That's about a 90-minute walk each way. Even in the age of podcasts and earbuds, that's a supremely unappealing way to cover 5 miles.
  - Johnny555 7y ago
    I don't know how fast they walk down in Australia, but in the USA, that's around 45 minutes each way.
    - cozos 7y ago
      5 miles at 45 minutes is 6.66 miles/hour. Unless most Americans are professional speed walkers I think that's jogging speed.
      - cstejerean 7y ago
        I think you’re confusing 5 miles / day with 5 miles each way. 5 miles per day is 2.5m each way which is about 45 minutes each way of walking and 90 minutes total walking per day (not each way)
    - tzs 7y ago
      Average walking speed is 3.2 miles/hour or less [1]. That's 94 minutes for 5 miles. [1] https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/average-walking-speed https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/average-w...

sandworm101 7y ago

If you don't park in the shade. If your parking space doesn't tilt slightly away from the the sun. For the same money you would be far better off installing some solar panels permanently somewhere along with a battery that can transfer that power into the car when you get home. Or, better yet, skip the batteries and plug the solar panels into the grid. The more solar panels attached to the grid the better. Anyone who cares about the environment would put panels on their house, lawn, driveway and pets long before their car. This is a fashion statement, a fancy paint job. (And most people would be shocked at how much solar power is available in Vancouver. Without dust in the air, droughts most summers, and the lack of mountains to the south, Vancouver does fairly well in terms of solar.)

mianos 7y ago
+1 for the idea of putting solar panels on the pets. Pretty sure of the same marketing people who think putting solar cells on a car roof will be cost effective would love that idea.
sydd 7y ago
Most people who live in big cities in the EU dont have a house (and they make up >50% of the population). They live in apartments. Isnt this the case for the USA too?
- sandworm101 7y ago
  And those cars would be parked underground, or at least on city streets ... not the best places for solar.

Johnny555 7y ago

If your commute is 5 miles/day, that's also bikeable, even walkable.

tandr 7y ago
> in a fairly sunny city in Australia nope, not doing that -- too hot.
- icebraining 7y ago
  If you need AC, then your EV range will also suffer.
EForEndeavour 7y ago
That's about a 90-minute walk each way. Even in the age of podcasts and earbuds, that's a supremely unappealing way to cover 5 miles.
- Johnny555 7y ago
  I don't know how fast they walk down in Australia, but in the USA, that's around 45 minutes each way.
  - cozos 7y ago
    5 miles at 45 minutes is 6.66 miles/hour. Unless most Americans are professional speed walkers I think that's jogging speed.
    - cstejerean 7y ago
      I think you’re confusing 5 miles / day with 5 miles each way. 5 miles per day is 2.5m each way which is about 45 minutes each way of walking and 90 minutes total walking per day (not each way)
  - tzs 7y ago
    Average walking speed is 3.2 miles/hour or less [1]. That's 94 minutes for 5 miles. [1] https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/average-walking-speed https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/average-w...