• retiredminionB
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    1 year ago

    Quick back of the envelope calculations:

    Rougly 2 m^(2) of solar array, so 250 watts.

    Maybe 250 wH/mile, so an hour of charging for every mile.

    A very small battery for weight and cost, I’d guess no more than 10 KwH so 40 mile range with 5 days of solar charging.

    Compare this to residential electricity costs of $0.11/KwH, $1.10 vs 5 days of charge.

    Unless it’s somewhere with lots of sun and no electricity, I don’t see it.

  • deppaotokoB
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    1 year ago

    “Japanese-based” is a good way to put it. The company is headquartered in Japan, but the cars are made in China and the management is Chinese. Chinese-made cars don’t sell well in Japan, so small Chinese EV manufacturers have started setting up automotive import companies in Japan to sell small Chinese EV buses to Japanese municipalities.

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      1 year ago

      The moment I saw it had an app I assumed it was Chinese.

      There are some JDM EV startups like KG Motors.