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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Just gonna leave this here:
https://aptera.us/
Oh boy.
Alrighty not even gonna click that link, here is why...
Aptera claims to get about 40 miles of range per day with their full solar package and ideal conditions. Which is fantastic! But, it's not the solar technology that makes that car viable, its the high efficiency of their vehicle. If we assume 40 miles per day, 12 hours of sun, you could hypothetically directly drive the Aptera with solar at a blistering ...3.3mph. To put it simply, unless solar panels get an order of magnitude more efficient, we are not going to get a direct solar driven vehicle. It will always be solar plus a big ass battery.
I've been watching Aptera closely since 2015, and I already have a reservation for one. That's the other reason I don't have to click that link. I get updates straight into my feed and I've gone over their documents multiple times forward and back.
Correct - not direct drive, but seems like that’s not really a necessary goal for most of us. If you really need to be able to just drive non stop all day while the sun is out, I don’t think that’s been solved yet (would still have to stop for gas even).
Hence why I said "Kinda Wrong" .
Practically any solar panel can fully recharge an EV, it's just a matter of how long it's going to take. Sure there are some battery losses, yada yada, but a single 100W panel would charge up an EV in a few months.