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You’ve made an assumption - that the owner of the car has a roof, and can charge the car from there. People who don’t live in a place with off street parking to

You’ve made an assumption - that the owner of the car has a roof, and can charge the car from there. People who don’t live in a place with off street parking to install a cable need a slightly different solution.

wojciii 1y ago
So .. it would make sense to make a law that requires new parking spaces to have a solar roof which can charge the cars which park there for a few. This would spread rather quickly, I think. I have solar panels at home and can charge a car .. but I'm mostly parked elsewhere when the sun is shining the most.
- immibis 1y ago
  There's no reason to assume the charger and the panel have to be colocated if the panel isn't on the car. We have an electricity grid.
  - wojciii 1y ago
    So do we, but you can't produce the electricity at one location and consume it in another. In the non-practical sense where our government decided that this is not possible.
- aqme28 1y ago
  Still doesn’t solve the problem for people who use street parking.
- maccard 1y ago
  Sorry - I wasn’t explicit enough. The vast majority of existing and new developments where I live have on street parking - it’s not allocated, there’s no bays.
- schiffern 1y ago
  >it would make sense to make a law that requires new parking spaces to have a solar roof... This would spread rather quickly, I think. "If we threaten people with the state monopoly on violence, they'll do that thing I want." Sure, probably true! If solar parking lots are such a great idea, why do you need the threat? It seems like businesses or environmental groups would already be clamoring to install them. PV parking is a highly visible status symbol and good PR signal for your community or company (hence the few installations), but actually it isn't a great RoI either financially or for the environment.
aqme28 1y ago
Exactly. Maybe just because I live in a city and almost everyone I know with a car will just find street parking somewhere within walking distance of their apartment.

wojciii 1y ago

So .. it would make sense to make a law that requires new parking spaces to have a solar roof which can charge the cars which park there for a few. This would spread rather quickly, I think. I have solar panels at home and can charge a car .. but I'm mostly parked elsewhere when the sun is shining the most.

immibis 1y ago
There's no reason to assume the charger and the panel have to be colocated if the panel isn't on the car. We have an electricity grid.
- wojciii 1y ago
  So do we, but you can't produce the electricity at one location and consume it in another. In the non-practical sense where our government decided that this is not possible.
aqme28 1y ago
Still doesn’t solve the problem for people who use street parking.
maccard 1y ago
Sorry - I wasn’t explicit enough. The vast majority of existing and new developments where I live have on street parking - it’s not allocated, there’s no bays.
schiffern 1y ago
>it would make sense to make a law that requires new parking spaces to have a solar roof... This would spread rather quickly, I think. "If we threaten people with the state monopoly on violence, they'll do that thing I want." Sure, probably true! If solar parking lots are such a great idea, why do you need the threat? It seems like businesses or environmental groups would already be clamoring to install them. PV parking is a highly visible status symbol and good PR signal for your community or company (hence the few installations), but actually it isn't a great RoI either financially or for the environment.

aqme28 1y ago

Exactly. Maybe just because I live in a city and almost everyone I know with a car will just find street parking somewhere within walking distance of their apartment.