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Solar Panels On The Roof Of Your Car Aren't Close To Enough

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:43pm
Keywords: energy, environmentalism

I hate to be a downer, but the amount of power solar cells provide is a couple orders of magnitude off from what you need to power a vehicle. Think charging your iPod, not your Prius.

A bit of envelope math...

So a good days' charge will provide you with a little less than 8 minutes' worth of freeway travel. Much less if you're not using cruise control @ the speed limit.

I haven't checked into it, but I think a car needs more than 10 horsepower to maintain a highway speed.

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