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46mi/day: Free power from the sun in an Aptera

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LOL THEY ROTATED THE CAR HALFWAY THROUGH

Yes, they explained that's like parking facing the other way after driving at lunchtime. They also describe optimal parking strategies for no-move charging. Forget hypermiling, now we have hypercharging.

Hillarious! Time to go reposition our roof solar panels and blog about it!

Re: 46mi/day: Free power from the sun in an Aptera

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This specific car feels a bit like a gimmick but I feel we're on a trend to putting solar and batteries everywhere and at some point soon along that progress putting lightweight panels on the top of delivery vans and goods trucks will be normal in sunny climates.

Refrigerated loads are a particular sweet spot.