Talk:Solar car
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The article on Solar Cars needs a mention of the potential for hybrid electric vehicles to utilize solar power as an additional source of battery charging and to extend the range while driving. The UltraCommuter is concept hybrid that does just that.
- Most passanger vehicles don't have enough surface area to benefit from the additional energy that could be captured by a PV array on the vehicle. Even under ideal conditions only about 1 mile could be gained by a BEV that consumes .2 to .4 kWh per mile. A far better idea would be to install a larger stationary grid-tied PV array at home, perhaps with a tracking system, such that it could produce a few kWh per day to suppliment the charging of a BEV at night while providing grid power durring the day when it's needed most. This also eliminated the need for a stationary battery to home, instead it could be located in the car and used daily for commuting to work or such. Not that I'm opposed to using PVs on a more effecient lightweight type EV or for technology proving purposes as they are currently. --D0li0 12:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
I might also update the article to be named Solar Vehicles, unless that category is too broad as it could include anything from solar powered aircraft to the mars rovers.
- Sounds like a good idea most of the other similar articles are named something Vechicle. --D0li0 12:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
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Why are solar cars not being marketed and commercialized? Rahul
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Any ideas why this page is vandalized so frequently? It seems a pretty harmless topic, but attracts a lot of vandals. Is this normal?
FN 01:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)fnazeeri
