Should we put solar panels on hybrid electric cars so that they will charge when in a sunny parking lot, etc.?
I just thought of the idea and it sounds
cool to me.
Answer
Any electric or plug-in hybrid car can be solar powered.eg http://www.green-car-guide.com/features/...tesla motors can arrange installation of solar panels on an owners home or owners can purchase electricity that has been created by the company’s large scale solar farm partners. this pollution-free electricity is fed into the grid and directly offsets the electricity used to charge the car. it is not practical to put on the car because of the extra weight & wind resistance, the area required, and little issues like driving through tunnels in cities like boston where there is little light at street level. the problem with plug-in hybrids is that the patents for nimh batteries are owned by texaco or chevron, and they prevent making or selling large batteries to make the electric only range _3 miles.but there are li-ion batteries that will deliver, http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com, so we can get rid of the noisy, smelly part of the hybrid.
