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That actually sounds pretty useful - say the car gets 10 hours of perfect iradiation on a good day, that's 20-40 miles, that could be a sizeable part of a daily
by m4rtink 7y ago
That actually sounds pretty useful - say the car gets 10 hours of perfect iradiation on a good day, that's 20-40 miles, that could be a sizeable part of a daily commute, not to mention cases where you have the car standing still for a few days.
- 0-_-0 7y agoThat would be more like 4 hours. A car solar panel would be horizontal, and it wouldn't track the sun when it's lower on the horizon. The 200W figure is only for noon.
- adrianN 7y agoSolar panels in Germany produce about 10% of peak power if you average over the year. Those panels are generally installed in the correct orientation to maximize efficiency. Panels on a car will likely perform much worse.