An RV is a totally different case, especially one that's a trailer, as you want power for the house loads while it's parked.
Keep in mind a few kWh in an RV goes a long way, but in an EV, even an Aptera, it's not all that much energy. Also, you've already "paid the devil" to move the RV with its high drag and its huge flat roof, so adding a gob of PV there is easy and can generate a lot of power. It's hard to add effective PV to a car while not incurring aero and weight penalties. Then there's the cost; My argument is simple, if you are going to spend the $, put it on a fixed roof at an optimal angle where you get more bang for your buck. The Aptera is an edge-case because it's so aerodynamic, but ultimately it's probably still better to spend the money you would adding PV to it on roof-PV instead. We were asked time and time again by our customers if we could add solar panels to our vans, and we dismissed them until we started building the refrigerated option, then it actually makes a lot of sense. (and it would for an RV build, etc) On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 3:07 PM Ryan Fulcher via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I absolutely understand and am of the mind to still proclaim that PV on a > normal car is still impractical. > > Although the https://lightshiprv.com/ is yet another of those edge cases > that I've always thought might make sense and am glad that someone is > finally pursuing at scale. > > The only reason it works on the aptera is that it has the aerodynamics and > efficiency of an electrathon. Another of their talking points is that > their entire car has the same drag as one side view mirror on my Lightning. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230707/d5185059/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230707/39e509e1/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
