| ▲ | servo_sausage 3 hours ago | |
Same reason EVs rarely have solar panels; adds weight and complexity, making it more expensive than putting the panels somewhere less wet and salty. | ||
| ▲ | SideburnsOfDoom an hour ago | parent [-] | |
... and doesn't add significant charge. > The surface area of a standard car simply isn’t big enough to hold the sheer volume of solar panels that would be needed to capture a meaningful amount of energy from the sun. https://octopusev.com/ev-hub/why-dont-electric-cars-have-sol... > there just isn’t enough space on top of cars to make a meaningful contribution to the charging needs of the battery https://www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2022/11/30/why-doe... The same must be true of a ship. Put the larger solar panel installations at the places where the vehicles charge. | ||