Comment on Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 3 weeks ago
Modern EVs such as Teslas have a high power consumption, much higher than some PV panels on the roof could deliver. Thus, it would only increase the weight of the car while not increasing the range.
OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In addition to weight, there’s cost. They would have to be integrated into the design, not just normal, flat solar panels, so there’s a significant cost increase. It’s no problem on a delivery van, but anything curvy is probably prohibitively expensive to develop and produce.