– Why do electric cars not have solar panels on rooftop so they could be charged while driving/parked
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Some of them do, but they are mostly for running accessories, and don’t typically contribute much (or at all) to the main “driving” battery.
There’s not a whole lot of surface area on a car, so you are only looking at a few hundred watts at most.
It is probably worth mentioning Aptera, who is still in the alpha/beta stage, however, they are making a vehicle with the goal of being as efficient as possible, so they predict they will be able to get a nontrivial amount of charge if the vehicle is parked in the sun for most of the day.
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