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Very rough calculation: assuming the RV is 5x2 meters that would be 10m^2 of solar panels. Solar energy that reaches the ground is about 1kW/m^2 at the peak, le
by ajnin 3y ago
Very rough calculation: assuming the RV is 5x2 meters that would be 10m^2 of solar panels. Solar energy that reaches the ground is about 1kW/m^2 at the peak, let's say that in a whole day we get the equivalent of 6h of peak energy (I'm probably overly generous here and not accounting for seasons and weather), and that the solar panels are 20% efficient. That makes 1x6x.2=1.2kWh per day.
The 4-battery version of the truck has a range of 400km with 448kWh of capacity, so that's 1.12kWh/km.
Putting everything together, running the truck on solar panels would afford a little more than 1km of range per sunny summer day of charge. To put it another way, a whole year of sun wouldn't be enough to charge the battery fully. So yeah, as tempting as it sounds, going full solar to power an RV that size is not viable. Even smaller ones aren't really either.
- ijidak 3y agoI think he means powering devices while parked
- M95D 3y agoWhy? It's an electric truck. When it's parked, it's also plugged in to recharge.
- yread 3y agoYou forgot to multiply it by the 10 m2. And btw maximum size of the truck is almost 10m long so you could probably squeeze in closer to 20m2. So, you would get 20km range from a day of charging. Not earth shattering but better than nothing