The Sonata hybrid has rooftop solar to help out with running the accessories, which is probably on the verge of maxing it out. Cost vs return just isn't that great, but at least it looks cool.
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Anyone else thinking about solar charging hybrid?
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Hybrids need only be refined until we can get EVs to "go the distance". Charging has been and still is a challenge, for now. There's a lot to say about battery technology too and that will change significantly in the next few years. I sure hope the future of charging EVs isn't going to depend on guys like the one who wrote that article in the link you posted. Man, could he be any more pessimistic? He really thinks we can't get the pad and the receiver to align, really? You would think he would know what's going on in the EV charging field around the world and write something a little more optimistic.
America was built on ideas, ingenuity and creative ways to solve most any problem --given the need and time to do so. History has many creative minds thinking outside the box that were told their ideas would never work only to proved them wrong. At an inventors conference in Las Vegas during the CES show almost 20 years ago I saw the first PC wireless mouse on an induction charging pad. It didn't take long for that technology to be implemented in the Cell Phone market - - unfortunately it was slow to get accepted by consumers. So now here we are today and you have the option to get induction charging incorporated in the center console of the new Maverick!
As far as induction charging "Electric Vehicles" . . . . IT WILL HAPPEN and probably sooner than the time it took technology to get from that PC mouse to charging your phone in your Maverick. There are several companies developing technology to charge your EV while you are driving down the road! - Crazy, just research "Magment GMBH" (I have been following them for several years).
I'll check out Magment GMBH. And you should check out Moller International (flying cars). I've been following them for several years.
Let me know when EV charging on the road becomes a real thing, and I'll let you know when I get my flying car.
It will never be at 100% or if somehow it gets really close the computer will refrain from starting ice until it can bring HVB SOC down enough to allow Regen braking to be possible. The system is designed to save braking energy for reuse. To use an external energy source they have designed a "plug in hybrid" version. So when they make a plug in maverick you will want one of those. Then for aerodynamic reasons you can then start shopping for a solar cell vehicle wrap, which will someday be made I am sure!
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Toyota briefly made a top level Prius with some kind of solar mat on top of the car. It would never really have been big enough or powerful enough to do more than run some heat or cooling, and the whole concept appears to have been abandoned in favor of the Prime models of plug-in electric Toyotas. I don't remember exactly when they were made, but it would have been after I purchased my 2008 and before I purchased my 2017.
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Somewhat a predictable reply. Apples and Oranges my friend - - Apples and Oranges!I'll check out Magment GMBH. And you should check out Moller International (flying cars). I've been following them for several years.
Let me know when EV charging on the road becomes a real thing, and I'll let you know when I get my flying car.
You have a Merry Christmas
Wow! You predicted that I would compare the wait for roadways that charge our EVs to the wait for the always-soon-to-appear flying car? That's amazing!
I stand in awe of your psychic abilities! (But of course you already knew that...)
Happy Holidays to you as well!
It's still a factory option in the Europe and Japan markets for the Prius, but it doesn't meet US rollover crash ratings so we don't get it here.
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At one time people may have thought that making transparent concrete was a pipe dream, but now they can. One day pigs may even be able to fly, not sure why we'd want them to, but I'm sure someone will do it, just to kill off that old joke.I'll check out Magment GMBH. And you should check out Moller International (flying cars). I've been following them for several years.
Let me know when EV charging on the road becomes a real thing, and I'll let you know when I get my flying car.
If you follow the string of posts and responses, my point wasn't that they won't ever be able to do it.
My point was that there are a lot of obstacles that need to be overcome.
At my age, I doubt that I'll get my flying car. But maybe my daughter will get hers.
Although I doubt it will be made of transparent concrete...
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Are you thinking on trying to drive with battery only? You can't switch on/off the battery/gas power.I specifically want the hybrid so I don't tinker with having an Ecoboost. But I can't stop thinking about a solar panel on the roof of the cab or a solar panel tonneau cover. I know it probably wouldn't be much but how many miles per day could you get and how much of a boost to fuel economy do you think?
Pop, may I confer with you about this exact service, I have Santan solar panels 250w, I really want to do Enphase micro inverter, I know its over kill. 6000w , I saw the 7 series are down to almost $100ea.
I will use this off grid solar system to charge my EV, plus my house. I have to go off grid because of the used panels, I can segregate part or all of my home/shop/well pump.
I will use this off grid solar system to charge my EV, plus my house. I have to go off grid because of the used panels, I can segregate part or all of my home/shop/well pump.
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@JoeTime My thought process wasn't really to drive completely battery but more along the lines of extending intervals of when the gasoline engine would kick on to charge the hybrid battery. A tri fold tonneau cover with solar panels isn't too farfetched. At the very least it could keep the 12v battery topped off.
The small panels on the truck might get you as much as a tenth of a mile on a very good day.I specifically want the hybrid so I don't tinker with having an Ecoboost. But I can't stop thinking about a solar panel on the roof of the cab or a solar panel tonneau cover. I know it probably wouldn't be much but how many miles per day could you get and how much of a boost to fuel economy do you think?
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