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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating (www.pv-magazine.com)

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

2kW is a LOT of production. That'd be enough to run most homes. If it's able to produce that for five hours a day they'd hit that 17000km figure no problem.

2kW × 5h = 10kWh 6km/kWh × 10kWh = 60km 60km/day × 365days = 21900km

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I went with 4kwh/kwp instead of the 5 hours you suggest since that's more common around the world. Assuming you're actually in the UK, I'd bet you're more likely to see 3-3.5 in a country so famous for soggy weather.

Also, the more relevant point would be that the whole car can't be in the sunlight all day, unless you park next to a giant mirror.