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To make the math more complicated, you could theoretically have an unfoldable solar roof. Say you have cute, tiny one-person car with trunkspace for two bags of
by BobaFloutist 7mo ago
To make the math more complicated, you could theoretically have an unfoldable solar roof. Say you have cute, tiny one-person car with trunkspace for two bags of groceries, call that 1/9 the footprint of a "normal" car, and give it an expanding roof that can fill up a typical parking space. So you get to multiply the numbers by 9, which would mean a 10-minute drive to the neighborhood grocery store would require 60/9 roughly 7 minute charging? That's getting really close to useable, so we must have cheated a little too much with some of the "simple" math. Also probably the unfoldable solar panel ideal really just doesn't work for some reason that's extremely obvious to engineers.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7mo ago> To make the math more complicated, you could theoretically have an unfoldable solar roof. This is not completely theoretical, this guy did it on his Tesla: https://www.dartsolar.com/ https://www.dartsolar.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaLounge/comments/194ajsm/my_tesla_with_a_drivable_2000_to_4000_solar_array/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaLounge/comments/194ajsm/my_tes... I doubt that it will go mainstream, since you can only unfold it when the car is at rest. And it's permanently like having a loaded roof-rack for aerodynamics and weight. You'd always be asking - why not get put the panels on the roof of a house or other fixed structure? Easier and you can add even more of them.
- JKCalhoun 7mo agoI would point out this guy: https://youtu.be/ZDByoLRS9QA https://youtu.be/ZDByoLRS9QA