Instead of trying to do the impossible with solar, Sono Motors and Munich's transit authority decided to build solar into a really neat symbiotic relationship.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of purity. A vehicle should be pure electric or pure gas- or diesel-powered — if you’re short of a pure EV, you might as well just be non-electrified. We see college teams doing solar vehicle races where they don’t accept any grid power, which is cool, but they also tend to run average speeds of around 15 miles per hour, which isn’t useful in the real world at all.
Some people have experimented with an “alternator delete” on cars they’re modifying to achieve even greater efficiency than hypermiling alone could achieve. For a combustion car, you need an alternator to charge the battery for the next time you start the car, and to provide power for things like spark plugs, the heating and air conditioning fan, lighting, and the car’s radio or infotainment system.
By covering the trailer’s roof with solar panels as much as possible, they’ve managed to generate around 2,000 watts of power, which is a lot more than anybody hypermiling a car or pickup truck can accomplish. This power obviously wouldn’t be enough to run the bus if it were an EV, but it is enough to power the HVAC systems on the trailer and the bus. It’s also enough to help power the steering systems for the trailer.
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