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Hawkeye
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Hawkeye asked in Cars & TransportationOther - Cars & Transportation · 1 decade ago

Has anyone ever totally covered a car with solar panels?

I mean EVERYWHERE!?? on every inch of the body.. on the inside where people sit..? On the grill? On the rear & front bumpers? Everywhere light might reach so that RENEWABLE energy could be collected in order to POWER the vehicle??

Thanks for your input!

Vincent Reagan

Hawkeye

:)

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  • Miss Motor Mouth
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    People have tried!

    http://images.google.com/images?q=solar+panel+car+...

  • stanly s
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    The solar racers seem to do a pretty good job of covering the top surface of their cars w/solar panels. But limited them to areas that would receive direct sun most of the time. At that even with battery reserves the overall speeds were fairly low.

    "where people sit" - this would not be one of the direct sunlight areas. Solar car racers = no bumpers or grill. U should look it up, I give - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_car_racing

  • Traci
    4 years ago

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    Source(s): Solar Power Design Manual : http://solar.eudko.com/?Qdp
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I really do not know the answer - anyone own a solar powered vehicle - come on answer Hawkeye's question?

    Where do you get the name hawkeye? Well me the dragon because I am partly dragon! You have eyes of a hawk or something? :)

  • lolisfun
    1 decade ago

    i've only covered it in paint

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