http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/22/toyota-tries-to-keep-wraps-under-solar-car/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/22/toyota-tries-to-keep-wraps-under-solar-car/comment-page-1/#comment-132298 James Mahon Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:29:25 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=16982#comment-132298 This makes me spit. The top surface area of a car is nothing like large enough to power a car and is wasted completely if you part it in the shade. Putting the panels on your house and powering it and/or charging the car is reasonable if you live in a sunny place, but panels in the car roof are just for show and to impress arts graduate type friends. There are loads of ways of charging electric cars - the best being night rate electricity from the grid. What is needed is(are?) better batteries. This makes me spit. The top surface area of a car is nothing like large enough to power a car and is wasted completely if you part it in the shade.
Putting the panels on your house and powering it and/or charging the car is reasonable if you live in a sunny place, but panels in the car roof are just for show and to impress arts graduate type friends.
There are loads of ways of charging electric cars –
the best being night rate electricity from the grid. What is needed is(are?) better batteries.

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