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Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicle (electrek.co)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

There is good amount of energy in the sunshine. The output of solar arrays struggle to make big power out of small surface areas because we haven't figured out how to get more than 20% of the power that hits the panel. If they do get 20% or more, it's been with very expensive and fragile panels.