New research shows high potential for solar-powered vehicles across the world, providing between 11 km/day/kWp to 29 km/day/kWp of extended range in open areas, enabling significant levels of self-sufficiency.While an attractive proposition explored by startups and legacy car brands alike, the integration of solar cells into passenger vehicles is still in its infancy. Therefore, there is a lack of data quantifying the potential of vehicle integrated photovoltaics (VIPV) in real world conditions considering local solar irradiation and shadowing in urban environments. Now, a group of researchers ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...