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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by theshrike79 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @09:23AM (#27354006)
The amount of panels you can put on a normal car is around 1-2 square meters max. That's not enough to give any kind of measurable range advantage.

The thing they're good for is running AC in the car when it's parked, without affecting the range. (Prius does this, I think the new Ioniq 5 has this)

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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by ben_w on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @09:39AM (#27354274)
Ground area of a Tesla model 3 is ~8.5 square meters, so I think you’re underestimating.
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