Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Solar Powered Cars Are Here — But Can They Go Mainstream?" video.
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With how cheap and better solar is getting and with how they can now integrate solar into surfaces without even looking like a solar panel, I think it's only a matter of time before many EV carmakers integrate solar into their cars.
For many, it could reduce how much energy they need for charging it up or not need any at all for the ones that don't use their cars that much and because of how cheap solar is getting and how it can be applied to almost anything, I wouldn't be surprised over the next decade if a lot of tech gadgets that we buy have solar on them to either extend their life or to fully charge them.
That Sion car looks the best one and mainly because of the price point which is key to adoption, a lot of the others are just too expensive to make any real difference in the market, but once they can make cars that most consumers can afford, that's where the real game changer can be and the Sion is hitting that market, assuming it's mileage on solar is as they say.
Another advantage of that car is that it actually looks like a car whereas some of the others look like a spaceship from the future, the key to adoption is to use new tech on designs that we are a custom too and this is why the Sion looks the more promising to me, it looks like a car and the price point is reasonable, if it delivers on the miles as the company says, it could become a game changer as long as they keep the price point low for the average consumers to afford.
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