Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations – to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving?

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Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations – to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving?

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Answer 1

Like everyone is saying: our current solar panels are not efficient enough to really provide enough energy for our current EVs. However, if we had much smaller and lighter EVs, then we could get there. Like this:
https://www.aptera.us/

Claims it can go 40 miles per day just on solar and without any charging.