- cross-posted to:
- gadgets@hardware.watch
- cross-posted to:
- gadgets@hardware.watch
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.
“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.
The moment I saw it had an app I assumed it was Chinese.
There are some JDM EV startups like KG Motors.