Sat, 08 Jul 2023 20:13:37 +0200 From: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV Grin doubled, next level PV Aptera grins. Message-ID: <64a9c371.6781.f6a0...@evpost.drmm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
I'm not an expert or engineer, but I suspect that we're about at the stage where it would be possible to build an EV capable of a few dozen miles of daily travel, using solely sunlight from its own PV. It might even be a bit more civilized and comfortable than the solar challenge racers. In fact, a few such prototypes have been built. The question is, could you afford it? High efficiency PV is *expensive* and is apt to be for quite a while yet. We are well beyond dozens of miles and only a millionaire can afford one.The World Solar Challenge has a number of different classes. The Cruiser Class is dedicated to practical solar vehicles. In the last race before the pandemic they had a vehicle that seated 5. Could cruise at 45mph indefinitely and over two days covered 1,200 miles. The cells were off the shelf Sunpower cells with special encapsulation. Cost was $5,000.00. The hub motors were $10k each. They used two. If you dumbed it down and used scooter parts, I bet you could get a few hundred miles out of a home built with a cost that is affordable. The materials are here. All one must do is bolt them together. Lawrence Rhodes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230709/314b9659/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
