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Re:Solar panels on cars make no sense by sbierwagen on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:39PM (#34573046)
The first gen Nissan Leaf EV had a small solar panel on the roof to run a ventilation fan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nissan_LEAF_SL_Solar_Sp...

It seems to have been dropped in the model refresh, I can't see it in any of the exterior photos and it's not mentioned in the 2022 owner's manual.

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Re:Solar panels on cars make no sense by quintushoratius on Sunday January 29, 2023 @07:49PM (#34574499)
Our Leaf has a small solar panel, but it's for maintaining the 12v battery. It's much too small (it might be a 1/2 square foot IIRC) to the generate significant amounts of voltage and power needed to charge the main battery.
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