SASSquatch
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Solar efficiency for most cells on the market is in the 5-10% range. New cells in development are reaching well over 30%.There’s just not enough area for any significant amount of power to be produced. And solar panels aren’t that efficient. Best you are going to get is low 20%s efficiency. Even spacecraft solar panels have only recently broke 30%.
I'm not saying you power the car from solar, although with an efficient enough design like Aptera you can power the entire vehicle with solar, I'm talking about reducing or eliminating phantom drain.
That is absolutely doable.
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