How are you going to get your camping gear and five days worth of food and other supplies there? If you strap it to the roof you lose your solar. I'm betting that efficiency is weight related. Two people and the proper gear for 5 days of camping probably makes that thing as practical as doing it on a bicycle.
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 6:09 PM SmarterBroadband <[email protected]> wrote: > You would need powerful lights in your garage….. > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:02 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Chuck, Found your new car > > > > What if you park it in a garage? > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Chuck, Found your new car > > > > It kind of looks like a kidney bean on wheels. > > But I was thinking. What if you went on a camping trip for 5 days? If it > was parked for 5 days, it would theoretically add 200 miles of range for > your trip home. > > Still. Having to ride around in a kidney bean is trey weird. > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 12/5/2020 8:54 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > These guys have 3X the efficiency of my leaf, so that is good. Even if > you could get 100 square feet of panel on a car, that is 1000 watts if > oriented perfectly. So a bit more than 1 HP for actually driving on it. > They say they have a 100 kWh battery. OK 100 hours of sunlight to charge. > But they probably only have half that much charging capacity. But still, > if you have sunny climate, very short commute and you don’t mind riding in > a bathtub it would be fun to have. > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Saturday, December 5, 2020 9:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Chuck, Found your new car > > > > Aptera has been in startup mode for something like a decade. A lot of hat, > and not much in the way of cattle. > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 12/5/2020 7:22 AM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > > https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34875659/aptera-ev-solar-no-charging-revealed/ > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
-- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
