Mercedes-Benz testet nach eigenen Angaben einen solarbetriebenen Fahrzeuglack, der Fahrzeuge beschichten und in sonnigen Städten wie Los Angeles 100 % ihres Strombedarfs und in deutschen Städten sogar 60 % des Strombedarfs decken könnte.
Mercedes-Benz testet nach eigenen Angaben einen solarbetriebenen Fahrzeuglack, der Fahrzeuge beschichten und in sonnigen Städten wie Los Angeles 100 % ihres Strombedarfs und in deutschen Städten sogar 60 % des Strombedarfs decken könnte.
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The paint thickness they reference here is 5 micrometers, a tenth of the thickness of human hair. If covering a car with this is enough to power an average day’s journey in sunny climates, why not paint everything with it? Buildings, garden walls, etc?
Our near future lives may be both energy rich and energy independent. As the meme says, ‚Petro-states hate this one simple trick …‘
Utter nonsense. Even at maximal solar efficiency (about 25%) you would need a much larger surface area to catch enough sunlight to power your car. You might get a few more miles out of solar paint, but nowhere close to enough to be the sole energy source.
Yeah right.
How often do you have to clean it for no dnergy production loss?
Can you drive into the carwash? Who knows, what chemicals they use and if thats ok for.the solar panels.
How much would be a minor crash with body damage compared to a regular car?
This is nonsense.
In real world conditions solar panels output around ~250W(0.25kW) on average.
The article states 11m2 of solar panel area.
Average of 12 hours of sunlight, that’s 0.25x11x12 = 33 kWh
Electric cars run at around 3kWh/mile, so that’s 11 miles/day range, assuming everything is about as perfect as it possibly can be (in the real world, it’s not).