The solar panels on my car (200W) on 15 square feet make no sense compared to the 1500 sqft of roof I have at home. Plus they cost 10 times more on the car. Make no sense at all.
BUT, I use them to make the point that without them I cnanot get home since for 20 years, the US goernment will not let me pay $1 a day to plug into the outlet that is 6 feet from my parking space. Also, they are great at field events where I can use the solar power to power things without consuming gas. http://www.aprs.org/APRS-SPHEV.html I actuallyl made a second solar prius. I got it salvage with a crushed roof. It was cheaper to beat out the roof with jacks and sledge hammers and cover it with $2k worth of solar panels to make it look nice than to pay over $2k for body work. Bob, Wb4APR On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Jamie K via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/23/14, 9:36 AM, Ben Goren via EV wrote: > >> It's a neat gimmick, but I still say the solar panels belong on the roof >> of the house, not the vehicle. Better efficiencies all the way 'round, much >> more cost-effective, and excess generation capacity doesn't go to waste. >> >> For s special-purpose vehicle out in the middle of nowhere (or even on >> the surface of Mars), it makes sense to carry around the solar panels. >> Everywhere else...fix the panels to the ground where they're optimally >> positioned and make use of every watt-hour they generate. >> > > Generally agree, but it seems solar on the car is sufficient for his > specific needs AND more convenient. > > Consider that he said: “I have used the bus to go back and forth from > school, commute to work on a daily basis—the panels provide enough energy > to the batteries I never have to plug in." > > If he doesn't have to drive fast or far, I can see how his approach makes > sense. Even in the middle of somewhere. :^) > > Cheers, > -Jamie > > > > b& >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: signature.asc >> Type: application/pgp-signature >> Size: 801 bytes >> Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail >> URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ >> attachments/20141123/20d47ce7/attachment.pgp> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141123/48395a76/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
