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> He’s getting “20 to 75 miles of extra range” He's not "getting" that, he's estimating that he might possibly get that. > midpoint is ~45 miles per day The
by masklinn 3y ago
> He’s getting “20 to 75 miles of extra range”
He's not "getting" that, he's estimating that he might possibly get that.
> midpoint is ~45 miles per day
The estimate above, which is already not fact, is "for sunny days". Taking the midpoint of a ridiculously imprecise number pulled out of one ass as an average makes no sense whatsoever.
And the car can't be driven with the panels out, so any actual use of the car has to be discounted. Not to mention the pictures are for a 2000W (9*175, per the official website: https://www.dartsolar.com https://www.dartsolar.com) array, the 4kW array would need double the space, double the volume, and double the weight, and the footprint might be so large it would not be deployable in public spaces.
- Retric 3y agoThere were actual experiments not just wild ass guess for those numbers. I took the midpoint in reference to the conditions being neither the absolute best or worst. > so any actual use of the car has to be discounted. Use of the car during the day needs to be discounted. This is an impractical art project so driving a solar car at night is perfectly on theme.