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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by maxerickson on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:06PM (#33061787)
No. The solar panels are likely more than 10% efficient and the battery and motor are going to be pretty efficient. Hitting 100% efficiency on the solar panels is ~impossible, so even if you get really close to ideal on both sides of it you aren't going to do 10 times better.

I guess a wildcard would be making the vehicle lighter.

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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by timbit42 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:23PM (#33062331)
The Aptera is lighter and can get 40 miles of range from its solar panels on a sunny day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpiH-Y-HOvE
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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by valyagolev on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:49PM (#33062082)
yeah i'm also sceptical

and that's i'm worried that it's going to be part of a hype to symbolically buy them, wasting the materials to create solar panels even further, only for them to stand in a garage or otherwise well-protected from the sun by the buildings around

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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by treis on Monday October 03, 2022 @10:12AM (#33067801)
Solar panels are getting pretty darn cheap these days. A roof + hood panel system is probably in the low hundreds to 1k per car. And ultimately more panels being sold leads to lower prices for everyone long term due to economies of scale.
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