That is sort of impressive, however at 18mph there is basically no aerodynamic drag. And yes, a century old baker electric was already very efficient. It's easy to tell because the waste heat produced was very low even back then.
The Aptera remains efficient at freeway speeds, and the differential of efficiency (versus traditional cars) will actually grow wider the faster it goes. I think it would make a good cannonball run candidate. It reminds me of an alleged speed run I did in my 2000 Honda Insight where I simply stood on the accelerator for an entire 10.6 gallon tank of gas and still got like 36mpg I think. On Fri, Jul 7, 2023, 16:29 Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > BTW: I wondered who built the first solar-powered car, and ran across this: > > "In 1962, the American engineer and businessman Charles Escoffery built > the world's first solar car. Because there were no EVs on the market at > the time, Escoffery used a 1912 Baker Electric as the basis for his > solar car. The car was basically unmodified, except for the addition of > a plate with 10,000 International Rectifier photovoltaic solar cells on > the roof. Power was routed to the batteries via power cables at the > front and back of the panel." > > "If you left the Baker Electric with the solar panel in the sun for > eight to ten hours, the batteries were full charged. You could then > drive it about 50 miles in three hours at an average speed of 18 mph (30 > kmh)." > > That's actually pretty impressive for such early technology! > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230707/755ffb75/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
