With the new Mission Efficiency, Volkswagen is presenting the world’s most efficient near-production electric car. The prototype has set three world records. They stand for exemplary aerodynamics and excellent ideal and real fuel consumption. The vehicle is a beacon of technology and at the same time demonstrates the performance of Volkswagen’s production technology.
No plans for production
Doesn’t matter to you.
The problem is solar on your house doesn’t go anywhere at all. It’s fixed to your roof.
With a sufficient-sized array, a crazy efficient vehicle, sufficient exposure, and a conservative commute, you may never have to plug it in at all.
Doesn’t fit on a car. That’s the point.
It has already been done.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3uzuW-YvBE0&ra=m
Are you seriously referencing a YouTube video for truth?
They did cover more surface area than I expected. In my experience you can get around 3.5 miles per kWh. So at 4 kWh per day in car solar…
Apteras goal is “radical efficiency” which is why the vehicle looks so strange. It is not just the panels that make it work. They are getting 1 mile per 100 Wh with this design.
Also because it’s not a car and has no safety concerns, not even bumpers. Doors are paper thin because this is legally an electric Polaris Slingshot.
I call bullshit. Real world, you will never see this outside June 21st near the equator if you can magically park without any shade.
The math of the solar area doesn’t add up.
And one of the main goals of that car is to get way more than 3.5 miles per kWh, so what’s your point?
But…it does?