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trhway ◴[] No.43564975[source]
300-545 watts. Aptera gets 8 miles/KWh (to compare - my Prius and other EV cars get about 3+ miles/KWh). So they get 2.5-4.5 miles from an hour under the Sun. So 20-40 miles during the time of commute and while parked at work.

So, yes, that Trump's idea he expressed in the interview to Musk back then to plaster cars with solar panels isn't totally meaningless, at least in theory - you can have 2-3x solar panels on regular car compare to Aptera, so it would have made sense for daily commute if that plastering of the cars cost close to nothing, and unfortunately putting such thing in production would add thousands to the car cost, and given that even Musk/Tesla with their pile of cash available to dump into engineering of such a new feature haven't yet ventured into it it suggests that at least near future isn't bright for it.

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NewJazz ◴[] No.43565820[source]
Where does the 8mi/kWh number come from?
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1. trhway ◴[] No.43565948[source]
https://youtu.be/Kvpn7cteW5U?t=126 straight form Aptera
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2. NewJazz ◴[] No.43571840[source]
Not a reliable source.
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3. trhway ◴[] No.43572946[source]
giving their weight and aerodynamic coefficient - both around half my Prius - it sounds about right.
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