I’ve been reading up on this company with great interest.
It’s a serious operation & isn’t going to be just concept cars. They are taking orders & Amazon just pumped $700m in & it looks like GM might be doing the same. They’ll be available next year.
The bakkie is particularly clever. Have a look at the video for more info.
“To be safe, let's take the minimum to give us a conservative estimate. If one, low-end solar panel can produce approximately 1 kWh a day of AC electricity, that means you would need an astounding 75 solar panels to produce enough electricity to fuel your Tesla Model S to 100% capacity from 0% each day”
Disclaimer: Uninformed, no research, just very strong opinions
“To be safe, let's take the minimum to give us a conservative estimate. If one, low-end solar panel can produce approximately 1 kWh a day of AC electricity, that means you would need an astounding 75 solar panels to produce enough electricity to fuel your Tesla Model S to 100% capacity from 0% each day”
So in other words 37.5 solar panels to charge the Rivian?
2017 Land Cruiser 200
2022 Corolla Cross (Yes. It's a Hybrid)
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BMW did just that.
The BMW i3 comes in two models.
i3 pure electric
i3 RE (Range Extender).
The Range extender basically has a BMW G650 motorcycle motor in the boot that acts as a generator.
This made me wonder. Why can't you put the generator in the boot, plug it in, start it and just drive around like that?
Diesel locos have operated in the same principal for years now. The diesel engines are used solely for generating enough power to run the torque-ier electric motors..
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It's so the Bunny Huggers can feel good about not polluting the earth with exhaust gas while conveniently forgetting about the pollution from the coal powered power station supplying the electricity.
The humble person makes room for progress; the arrogant person believes they’re already there.
2004 Disco 2 Td5
