If you really want a directly solar powered vehicle, you will want to look at the low profile lightweight solar racers that many university teams put together. These tend to use bicycle-like components.
Making it work for a conventional vehicle for sustained highway speeds runs into space, weight, and or cost issues. Top of the line generally available solar modules are around 21% efficient (SunPower, Panasonic, and LG). On December 27, 2017 9:54:08 PM CST, Alan Arrison via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >I'll tell you, like many others have, again... it can't be done. > > > >On 12/27/2017 5:47 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: >> Hi all, >> My math is good enough to figure out I get about my 30kw Leaf gets >4.5 miles per kw at 55mph more or less depending on wind. What I'd >like to know is what size solar panel would be needed to support that >speed. Now don't tell me it can't be done. I just want to know the >formula for figuring it out. My puny brain exploded when I thought of >all the variables. I do know that a 3000 watt system would charge my >car in 10 hours. I would just like to know the numbers of what would >be needed for continuous power at speed. I guesstimated it would be >about 10000 watts. I'd just like the exact number. Thanks, Lawrence >Rhodes...the point is to build a teardrop solar range extender/RV that >could charge while driving. >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171227/7cfe6581/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171227/ba91287c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
