Honestly it seems like a no-brainer to me to put a solar panel on the roof of electric cars to increase their action radius, so I figured there’s probably one or more good reasons why they don’t.

Also, I acknowledge that a quick google could answer the question, but with the current state of google I don’t want to read AI bullshit. I want an actual answer, and I bet there will be some engineers eager to explain the issues.

  • Guest_User@lemmy.world
    811·
    6 months ago

    You get 4 miles per kwh and they get 3.3 and you call that insanely high? The 2.5-4 mile to kwh is really standard for EVs. I don’t think the 3.3 is outside of the norm at all.

    • Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
      191·
      6 months ago

      I don’t know anything about EV efficiency, but the rates are inverse, so they are drastically different.

      Fish gets 3.3kwh/mile

      Peacock gets 4 miles/kwh or 0.25kwh/mile

      • Guest_User@lemmy.world
        91·
        6 months ago

        Oh I see that error now. I guess I just assumed from context his 6kwh panels generated 2 miles per hour. I get the confusion though

        • doughless@lemmy.world
          41·
          6 months ago

          I’m still a little confused, wouldn’t 6kwh provide roughly 12 to 24 miles of driving range?

          • Guest_User@lemmy.world
            32·
            6 months ago

            They mentioned their car uses 3.3 kwh per mile. With their solar setup they can generate around 6hwh per hour. Meaning they can generate roughly 2 miles every hour of sunlight.

            • doughless@lemmy.world
              51·
              6 months ago

              Right, which is why people are confused. Fish likely meant 3.3 miles / kWh, but that comes out to 20 miles for one hour of charge. But the fact they said just under 2 miles of range actually correlates with their 3.3kWh/mile statement, but no one has ever heard of an EV with efficiency that terrible.