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Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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https://gosun.co/

Basically its a roof rack solar panel with a battery inside (includes AC outlet), extra fold out panels that cover the length of the car, and a charge cable for the car. They're about $5000 USD and are shipping the first ones out in Q3 this year.

As someone who lives in an appt and commutes, this would make an electric vehicle much more viable as there is no charging stations in my building or at my work. I saw this and immediately began researching what vehicle models would be coming to Canada in 2028.

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's unfortunate. Solar panels have made some great strides in efficiency over the last several years, but it's still not quite to the point where it's properly useful in this application.

Not to be pessimistic, but we may never get to that point- to some degree, you simply need more surface area than a car provides.

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