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Re:Lightyear One by c7DJTLrn on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:41PM (#32359360)
I keenly await the Thunderf00t debunking video. There is no way a roof solar panel would enable you to "drive for months".
Re:Lightyear One by riskable on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:53PM (#32359528)
> There is no way a roof solar panel would enable you to "drive for months".

FYI: Solar-powered race cars can go 88km/h: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-technology/world%C...

Having said that, if you throw in the required safety features and basic creature comforts of a modern car that's going to add a lot of weight but I wouldn't be surprised if such a purely solar-powered car could reach ~30MPH (with a 0-30 time of like 30 seconds =)

With the right balance of batteries-to-weight I wouldn't be surprised if you only needed to charge the car for like 8 hours to get 100 miles of range at highway driving speeds (on a sunny day with solar assist). The 1000-mile range is probably only possible if you're doing like 30MPH with the wind at your back with the sun beating down the entire time.

Re:Lightyear One by TremendousJudge on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:44PM (#32359395)
xkcd has a quick heuristic of why this is probably a bad idea: https://xkcd.com/1924/