The family vacation is getting more environmentally friendly.

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Originally shared by Futurism 1.0

The family vacation is getting more environmentally friendly.
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  1. Morten LyngeSeptember 20, 2017 at 12:23 PM

    It's mis-representing itself a bit... Note this:
    "The solar panels are capable of providing 3 kilowatts of electricity for supplementary battery charging on top of plugging it in manually."
    It is essentially a plug-in electric car, with solar panels to provide power for laptops, a small fridge and a kettle... :-p

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  2. Jessica MeyerSeptember 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM

    Morten Lynge so many solar panels.. hopefully it'll also contribute to the main battery once the supplementary one is charged..

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  3. Morten LyngeSeptember 20, 2017 at 3:41 PM

    It's not a supplementary battery, but a supplementary charge to the main battery... For it to fill up the main battery it'll probably have to be parked in the Sahara on sunny days for a week or more... :-p
    To get any significant power from solar, it requires a large area of cells (there is only so much energy in solar per area unit, and then you multiply by the conversion efficiency). The area on this van would contribute fairly well to the relative low-wattage usage of a house, but not the high-wattage usage of running a truck.
    The solar panels here are essentially a marketing gimmick :-p

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  4. Morten LyngeSeptember 20, 2017 at 3:44 PM

    Rough calculation... It'd require ~40 hours of full-power solar charging to drive it for 1 hour :-D

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  5. BC ElectricalMarch 17, 2018 at 8:30 AM

    look good...

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