They weight about 400 pounds and can go up to 80mph with a whopping 1-2 horsepower.

It's unlikely pure solar cars will be mass-produced, but solar power might become a supplementary source of automotive power, and more likely to be seen on your neighbor's roofs in the coming years.


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61.5mpg lifetime - 82mpg in recent months

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"fanatic" is what the lazy call the dedicated

Already people have solar arrays at their house, and drive an EV so that their transportation bill is almost nothing. That's where I see things moving, if EVs are ever actually mass produced.

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