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There’s a Chinese EV called the Solarky that has 600w of panels on it (300w with another 300w that slides out when stationary), which can collect about 50km of
by discordance 1mo ago
There’s a Chinese EV called the Solarky that has 600w of panels on it (300w with another 300w that slides out when stationary), which can collect about 50km of range a day, and sells right now for around $10k around Asia.
More info here: https://youtu.be/Hk6aTKV-des https://youtu.be/Hk6aTKV-des
- stevenwoo 1mo agoIt feels like a generation of transportation alternatives is going to bypass the USA.
- Flavius 1mo agoThis is a much more interesting concept than Aptera. Small and affordable car, expandable solar array. Keep it simple.
- omgwtfbyobbq 1mo agoIt's got it's place. I'm guessing the downsides are the extra range only applies to low speed operation (it's a brick), low cost may be a function of low cost labor, which can hurt scaling, and I'm not sure how safe it is in a crash.
- hn_submit 1mo agoImpressive for $8000. But its low top speed (80km/h) only makes it suitable for urban transportation. Also, I doubt this thing will be able to pass the NCAP (EU) or IIHS (USA) safety certification so they wouldn't be able to sell it in those regions even if there was demand for it.
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- ricardobeat 1mo ago> I doubt this thing will be able to pass the NCAP (EU) or IIHS (USA) Wouldn’t count on that. The same used to be said of chinese EVs and they have topped safety rankings for years now.
- TeaVMFan 1mo agoImpressive. Aptera claims "~700 watts of integrated solar cells", with the difference that Aptera's are fully integrated and usable even in motion.