– Why do electric cars not have solar panels on rooftop so they could be charged while driving/parked
In: Engineering
It would not be good while driving, but while parked it might.
The issue is that you would have to compete on cost and convenience with just installing solar panels on your garage and using the power to charge it while plugged in.
What this might help with, would be the people who still cannot even consider getting an EV, because they don’t live in a place where they can plug in their car over night to charge.
We still have a ways to go on efficiency before it is worth it though.
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