Anyway, I think this product is fake and scam.
How much sunlight do they get in parking garages?
Obvious downsides include significant increases in repair costs in the event of an accident etc. But, panels have gotten cheap enough that this is at least worth considering.
PS: I agree it’s unlikely to turn into an actual product, but it’s at least theoretically possible.
Indeed.
I feel it is now like 1 in 3 EV projects as of late is a pure scam driven by stratospheric Tesla valuation.
Anything other than stratospheric sales from first year means they end up being dinner for existing manufacturers in low to mid-end.
And if they don't beat Tesla in the high-end, means they are dinner for Tesla.
Not to say a lion share of money still goes to people with zero automotive experience, or just above that of golf cart makers.
Far better to pick the thing you actually add and do just that. For these people, maybe it's the nicely conformal panel.
It's not a fake if its still in development, which it clearly is
About the fake, their car has suspiciously the same proportions than the BMW i3 and they have been accused of using many parts of an i3 in the past. But I want to believe they are trying for real. The i3 has a carbon fiber roof by the way.
This will only work in single-family homes. Where I live it's more common to have 4-floor buildings and street parking. In that case, the street gets enough sunlight for the car to charge enough for short-ish commutes (which are the norm for urbanites anyway).
> Anyway, I think this product is fake and scam.
I agree they are promising a lot, but they are not promising anything impossible. It's too soon to tell anyway and whoever invests in them must understand this is a high-risk/high-reward strategy.