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Simple notice of 480v motor pulling less amps than 120v. Doing same work. hmmm. 🍞 Crumbs.
The one thing that would work, is to put permanent magnets into the roads. A coil of wire in the car could charge the batteries while it moved over the magnets. This would extend the range significantly.
Electric cars do not have solar panels because when solar panels are on cars, they are only converting 15%-20% of the energy from the sun. The solar panels would only give about 3 miles of energy in one hour of charging. This is very inefficient and currently doesn't make sense to use on electric cars yet.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: OccamsRazor04
But it's free, and charging while the car is parked up anywhere.
At least 90 percent of the power produced by the Aptera’s solar panels goes toward making the vehicle move, the company says.