I see there is some space left on the tail of the car where it appears there would be plenty of room where more solar cells could be applied. It looks like double the amount of cells could fit, if the cells were arranged side by side, parallel to the rear of the car. that would add another 30w or so depending on cells used, and maybe get the vehicle over the 700w mark. is this feasible? if not, what is the limitation?
Thank you!
Good question and I don’t have an answer... personal thoughts....
I guess if you are in a lower solar zone area this might be useful to get as much as you can!
There is already 3 cu meters/ 180 (?) solar cells on this model configuration, where this 700W provides a max of 44 miles of range. (Selfish Solar Zone 8 speaking) And that covers the entire hood, dash and the hatch.I kind of like a nice margin of the colored vinyl wrap on the edge I believe that is how they are building one of the Development vehicles
But I read the cells are replaceable and the efficiency is always improving on PV cells.