Electricity price rise

Ticked

Electricity price rise is imminent and probably will be high. Bound to impact electric car running costs. Why don’t electric cars have a solar panel on the roof? Do they have dynamic braking?

RikM

Now that you mention it...
https://sonomotors.com/en/sion/

Mnoee

I read that basically the size of the solar panels you can fit on a car isn't enough to charge them very quickly - as in 4 days of equator level sun. 

So round here in winter you'd be lucky to charge it in a week or two.

Aside from that, I don't drive at all and the amount of 'once in a lifetime' economic anomolies I've experienced has got me spinning round while repeating 'same as it ever was'. Everything has gone up aside from wages? What a surprise. 

qwert_yuiop

Ticked said:

Electricity price rise is imminent and probably will be high. Bound to impact electric car running costs. Why don’t electric cars have a solar panel on the roof? Do they have dynamic braking?

Petrol and diesel prices seem to be rising fairly quickly as well. Petrol was briefly only £1/litre in March 2020. Fifty percent rise in 18 months.

ballyblack

Why don’t electric cars have a solar panel on the roof?

The weight of them would not justify the small amount of electricity generated

qwert_yuiop

They’re only claiming it as a range enhancer in the ad above. Presumably for sunny days only.

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Ticked said:

Electricity price rise is imminent and probably will be high. Bound to impact electric car running costs. Why don’t electric cars have a solar panel on the roof? Do they have dynamic braking?

All EVs have regenerative braking.

Ticked

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Ticked said:

Electricity price rise is imminent and probably will be high. Bound to impact electric car running costs. Why don’t electric cars have a solar panel on the roof? Do they have dynamic braking?

All EVs have regenerative braking.

Thank you! That’s the big word I couldn’t think of! 😄