On 26 Sep 2014 at 22:27, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > The Stella uses 35wh per km.weighs388 kg. Has a 16 kw battery.
Do you really mean it's capable of producing 16 kW (about a third of the motor's peak power), or do you mean 16 kWh? > Size is 499x165x115 cm. This is a little longer than a Ford Explorer SUV, a couple inches narrower than a Toyota Yaris minicar, and about the same height as a Lambourghini Aventador LP 700-4 - an unusual shape, to be sure! > Stella at 40 mph can still charge the battery. It would be wonderful to have an EV that could run entirely on the solar energy it produced by itself, in real time. A lot of folks would like to believe this is possible. It's one of those EV "holy grail" things. Maybe someday, with some fantastic high-efficiency PV, it'll happen. And hey, maybe even with its garden-variety off-the-shelf PV, this very vehicle can do it for a while - as long as it's on a flat road in the full desert sun somewhere. Such as, say, the Australian Outback. But in daily use on real world roads, where it might be cloudy or sunny, where trees and structures often shade the streets? Ehhhh, I don't think so. And as I showed before, based on the energy consumption and PV output specifications provided for this vehicle, the claim is just not credible on its face. Sorry, I'm not buying it. Build one and prove me wrong. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
