Didn't we already go through this with LEDs? People clinging to an old inefficient technology in the face of a clearly superior alternative.
Do we need to turn this into a California electric grid meme thread? Also people bucked at CFLs which were and still are the worst.
If you can explain to me how an electric grid actually works, sure. CFLs suck, but the hoarding of incandescents persisted well past the point where LEDs were a widely available alternative.
California's or the rest of the country's? Charge in the same time as a gas fill up and have the same range and Id be in.
Silly question, why doesn't every E car come with a solar roof or hood? Passive charging all day. Add in that fabled regenerative breaking and you'll never have to sit that long to charge the battery.
Guilty. And even though I'm a petrol head, I know electric cars are untouchable in acceleration. But, you can also nuke a steak way faster than grilling one but no one is clamoring for microwaved steaks.
I would also think that in the event of an accident, or weather-related incident like hail, that replacing it would be MUCH more expensive. Not just the solar panel itself, but also all the wiring that goes goes along with it.
I'm still waiting for science to figure out how to decompose water at a rate fast enough to produce an adequate amount of hydrogen/oxygen to run a hydrogen engine capable of powering a vehicle.
It could probably be cheaper, if it wasn't integral to the car and was a panel that was simply screwed onto those body sections, with a proper quick connect. It's very expensive to make a car not look like a golf ball after a good hail storm.
It's a reversible reaction, so however expensive it is to go one way, it's just as (or nearly as once losses are account for) lucrative going in the other direction. The main issue is storage and transport of hydrogen; it's a tiny fucker that likes to slip through the walls of containers, and is only enters the sane realm of density when under massive pressures or cooled to very low temperatures.
I mean decompose right before combustion in the engine. Store it as water until needed. Which at that point is probably not energy dense enough to provide enough meaningful energy with current technological abilities
Didnt Keanu already try that and have the government and the oil companies try to kill him? Edit wasnt Elon supposed to have affordable Solar roof shingles by now? Come on man!
Tesla's Solar Roof exists, but they recently halted scheduling of new installations, despite continuing to install regular solar panels. My guess is they couldn't hit their production/cost targets, and solar roofs are way more costly than they promised.