I'm looking forward to purchasing this vehicle. I put a security deposit down the first go around a dozen or so years ago. I have a few questions:
I like the idea of the solar panels. I see in your renderings that there will be solar panels on the dashboard inside the car. I assume that the solar panels will be covered with glass. While driving in the direction of the sun, how will the glass on the dashboard prevent the reflection of the sun in the car occupants eyes?
For the solar panels on the outside of the car, how is the reflection off the glass for the people in other cars?
Are drivers able to see the top of front wheels to avoid obstacles? Probably the driver's side, yes, but what about the passenger side?
For the states that require a license plate on the front, can you show a rendering of what that would look like? What is the aerodynamic difference with and without a front license plate?
So, someone suggested that a full array of panels has about a 4 year payoff at 6 hrs per day. More analysis needs done on that. It comes with some panels as standard. I suspect the the 4 year payoff is a larger number. How much is it worth to you to Not have to go to the gas station? And that number may decrease significantly when the price of oil jumps back up to stupid prices.
I just looked up up a solar panel life span and 25 to 30 year was the number. But that was for Housing units.
Most of the Degrading I read about will mostly be not applicable on an auto, since I assume we well be keeping it relatively clean. That seems to leave wind as the major bad buy, which I have to assume the engineers have considered. I can see Salt being a problem in snowy regions or bird pooh in cities 😝 (guess on my part). Keep it clean.