Considering it can do 710km of highway in a single day and about two thirds of that off road (where there’s more rolling resistance - it probably only took two or three days.
Comment on World’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Sahara
jawa21@startrek.website 11 months ago
This article is missing some stuff I’d really like to know. How long did this 1,000 km trip take? How often did they have to stop? What was the average range per day? All of the specs that would be great to know are missing here.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 11 months ago
nymwit@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It took a month. The guardian article on this made the rounds a month or two ago. You just can’t get enough via solar to run continuously. It has a big battery for sure. Charging rate is just super low.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, this really overlooks a lot of stuff.
The sun is in front of the car, with the rounded body the largest solar panel wouldn’t be getting a lot of direct sunlight. Solar panels efficiency is directly linked to the angle of it and the sun. But the writer assumes it’s for “space” and not for better solar generation. This level of “journalism” leaves a lot to be desired and feels like a lot of the more important details were overlooked.