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You know, at first I said this is a stupid youtuber stunt, probably dangerous, and definitely wasteful. But, if it could fold up like that then I see no reason
by Geisterde 3y ago
You know, at first I said this is a stupid youtuber stunt, probably dangerous, and definitely wasteful. But, if it could fold up like that then I see no reason it couldnt be designed into a areodynamic fairing, and its a surprising amount of solar coverage. All in all, I would never put this on my car, even if I was paid; but, it could be done very professionally, its significantly less impractical than I was expecting (though not totally), and the most important part is people want it.
- chris-orgmenta 3y agoWould this be better than flexible panels wrapping the existing body panels? (given lesser efficiency + only a small portion of them being angled correctly at any time, but little to no extra drag and could be charging batteries while in motion).
- Ekaros 3y agoI started to think about the folding up thing. And I think it makes it worse. Considering things like long time reliability. There is fact that you somehow need to connect those panels electrically. Just considering various potential water ingress issues when driving in rain at high speed. Yes, you can make water-resistant connections, but them correctly operating over years... And next is vibrations, from cross-winds, bumps in road or traveling over uneven surfaces. Adding up over longer periods. Not to even mention possible wear and tear of spreading them possibly everyday or multiple times in a day... And for bonus, at least here there is periods where mud is relatively common so this will travel in mechanism making it harder to operate... I would be worried about long term reliability and usability.
- spiderxxxx 3y agojust... put it in the trunk and only put it on the car when you park somewhere. Maybe you just have to use more, smaller panels but I don't see why you couldn't do that.