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To: ctdonath2

The roof and the sloped “bed” area looks like it would have been ideal for solar panels. Since this is an electric vehicle made by Tesla, it seems stupid they didn’t add solar panels to help with the range.


65 posted on 11/22/2019 1:08:33 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

There’s nowhere near enough surface area to provide meaningful solar collection. Optimistically it could collect 200-300 watts, taking an hour of clear direct sun for enough energy to go about half a mile. Too much cost/complexity/fragility to get way too little benefit.


70 posted on 11/22/2019 5:30:00 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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