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minus-squareQuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoMost EVs are not efficient enough to warrant installing solar panels on them. They have higher drag coefficients and high weight. The best thing to do would be to clean up the power infrastructure with solar and nuclear.
minus-squareGreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHave you seen how it is done? Aptera & the other companies? Not a problem, at all.
minus-squareQuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoYeah I’ve seen it. The Aptera makes good use of solar by coupling it with an efficient body and drive train. Solar may make sense for some vehicles and not much for others. More innovation is certainly needed in the Solar EV space.
minus-squareGreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOkay
Most EVs are not efficient enough to warrant installing solar panels on them. They have higher drag coefficients and high weight. The best thing to do would be to clean up the power infrastructure with solar and nuclear.
Have you seen how it is done? Aptera & the other companies? Not a problem, at all.
Yeah I’ve seen it. The Aptera makes good use of solar by coupling it with an efficient body and drive train.
Solar may make sense for some vehicles and not much for others. More innovation is certainly needed in the Solar EV space.
Okay