On Jan 2, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Jamie K <[email protected]> wrote:
> For those who haven't yet RTA, it says that the solar concentrator is mounted
> on a carport, not on the car. The idea is to project more sunlight from a
> larger area down onto the car's roof-mounted solar panels.
Ah, my apologies. I hadn’t seen that. A big-ass funnel external to the car,
indeed, then. This does strike me as becoming a bit of a Rube Goldberg
solution to the problem, though. PV on top of the car to keep the electronics
going and inside cool while it’s parked without draining the traction pack,
yes, I get. PV on top of the house or car-port, yes, I get. I’m not sure
having a magnifying glass on top of the car-port, that’s only useful when the
car’s parked at home AT NIGHT is all that useful, though.
FWIW, my wife and I have a Ford Focus Electric and a Ford C-Max Energi, and
we’ve been using about 300kWh/month of power between the two of them, while the
PV array I put on my roof is averaging a bit over 1mWh/month. (500kWh in
December, 1.3mWh in June)
> I wonder about how that might heat up the paint and interior of the vehicle
> over time.
Indeed.
-Bill
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