The Stella is an impressive car. I did read the specs, though not
carefully. The fault is my assumption that climbing, say, 1000m would
take too much energy. In fact, the climbing by itself probably would
take between 1 and 2kwh. That leaves plenty. Wow !
Peri
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From: "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Cc: "Lawrence Rhodes" <primobass...@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: 23-Oct-18 10:03:07 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The physics of slapping solar panels on cars
Peri I doubt you have completely looked at the specs of the Stella
cars. They have huge trunks and are touted as "Family Cars" basically
a small SUV. They use a 15kw battery which without solar has a 400
mile range. So they would charge quickly just on Chademo or CCS. Just
because a car is solar doesn't mean you have to only use solar. Ad to
that it simply has a very long range and is good for everything but
towing. I think a dead deer would fit in the trunk. It is certainly
the perfect mad max vehicle for when there is no gas. This vehicle
will still be able to go 400 miles after every 10 hours in the sun and
be able to go 45 mph infinitely while the sun shines. The first Stella
easily made it up the coast on Route 1 and 101 LA to San Francisco up
and down all those hills. Lawrence Rhodes
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 22:33:59 +0000
From: "Peri Hartman" <pe...@kotatko.com>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The physics of slapping solar panels on cars
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What I mean is I (or you or the huddling masses...) want something that
works for a 15 mile solo commute, works to take the family out to
dinner, works to go skiing (hiking, fishing, hunting, ...) for the day,
and works to go out of town for the weekend. I think the Stella might
be
able to do the first two, for a large percentage of people. The latter
two? I doubt it.
Now, for going out of town, it wouldn't be too hard to make
arrangements
to easily pick up a rental. The other case gets harder. You have a lot
of elevation gain, meaning you'll need a pretty hefty battery since
solar isn't going to be anywhere near adequate.
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