I would respectfully argue that 5 hours of peak output equivalent is more realistic as that’s what you’d get from static panels at the proper angle. But I didn’t figure in the claimed efficiency of the car.
My car, Ford cmax energi, was tested with a 500 watt panel and that only yielded 5 miles a day in great conditions. More like 2-3 miles most days, and that’s at roughly 300wh/mi., similar to your bolt. Never made it to production with solar.
But even that number you say is realistic, about half of what I just said, would still give a little more than the “less than 10 miles under perfect conditions” - I still don’t think it’s really that practical or worth the cost for a number of reasons, but I also like crunching numbers to know what it would look like before making that judgment.
Curious, how did you get power from a solar panel into a high-voltage battery?
I would respectfully argue that 5 hours of peak output equivalent is more realistic as that’s what you’d get from static panels at the proper angle. But I didn’t figure in the claimed efficiency of the car.
My car, Ford cmax energi, was tested with a 500 watt panel and that only yielded 5 miles a day in great conditions. More like 2-3 miles most days, and that’s at roughly 300wh/mi., similar to your bolt. Never made it to production with solar.
But even that number you say is realistic, about half of what I just said, would still give a little more than the “less than 10 miles under perfect conditions” - I still don’t think it’s really that practical or worth the cost for a number of reasons, but I also like crunching numbers to know what it would look like before making that judgment.
Curious, how did you get power from a solar panel into a high-voltage battery?