Electic Cars: Charging will determine speed and cost of adaptation.

Here are some ideas for 2030.

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Electic Cars: Charging will determine speed and cost of adaptation. (Original post)	rgbecker	May 2021	OP
Workplace charging	arlyellowdog	May 2021	#1
Put solar on the roof of the cars.	roamer65	May 2021	#2
They are pretty heavy	jimfields33	May 2021	#4
40" x 80", 50 Pounds. Will withstand hail. 400 Watts.	rgbecker	May 2021	#5
Wow! I get cracks all the time in my windshield.	jimfields33	May 2021	#6
For some reason I can't get the link to open. Something on my end.	RegularJam	May 2021	#3
Here's the same video from YouTube	Niagara	May 2021	#7

Response to rgbecker (Original post)

Thu May 20, 2021, 01:48 PM

arlyellowdog (866 posts)

1. Workplace charging

My son and daughter-in-law both have free chargers at their places of work, a nice perk.

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Response to rgbecker (Original post)

Thu May 20, 2021, 01:52 PM

roamer65 (34,976 posts)

2. Put solar on the roof of the cars.

It will cut down the load on the power grid.

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Response to roamer65 (Reply #2)

Thu May 20, 2021, 03:01 PM

jimfields33 (13,098 posts)

4. They are pretty heavy

And god forbid a rock from the truck in front of you suddenly had small rocks going all over the place. It’s bad enough with a windshield cracked, but now possible solar panels?

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Response to jimfields33 (Reply #4)

Thu May 20, 2021, 06:54 PM

rgbecker (4,764 posts)

5. 40" x 80", 50 Pounds. Will withstand hail. 400 Watts.

If you are parking in the sun all day at work or at home you would gain a good pile of KWs. Rocks from a truck would probably not bother the horizontal on roof panels as much as the windshield. Have to say, I never had a broken windshield from rocks from a truck in my 57 years of driving. Solar panels aren't glass but rather plastic like and wouldn't shatter but might get damaged so the circuits were broken....worse case.

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Response to rgbecker (Reply #5)

Thu May 20, 2021, 08:18 PM

jimfields33 (13,098 posts)