A heavy electric pickup truck gets an extra 2 kilometers per hour of sunlight from solar power. A car that is 2-3 times lighter could get 4 kilometers per hour of sunlight. Lower cost production could make it worthwhile to use solar power to extend the range of cars and other vehicles. With enough efficiency range anxiety could be flipped around. The Solar powered electric car would have energy and would be able to move some distance whenever it was light out. A gasoline car would have no gas if there was no gas station nearby.
The Very Light Car can fit four passengers and uses a 10.5 kwh battery for a 114 mile range (350 MPGe).
It has about 4 square meters of mainly upward facing surfaces. (Roof, windows - OLED solar can be transparent, front and rear hood)
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The Very Light Car can fit four passengers and uses a 10.5 kwh battery for a 114 mile range (350 MPGe).
It has about 4 square meters of mainly upward facing surfaces. (Roof, windows - OLED solar can be transparent, front and rear hood)
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