‘World’s first off-road solar SUV’ just drove across Morocco powered only by the sun | CNN
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Tested on rugged terrain, the Stella Terra off-road SUV is powered entirely by the solar panels on its roof.
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The road-legal car has a top speed of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour. On a sunny day, its battery range is around 710 kilometers (441 miles) on roads, and around 550 kilometers (342 miles) off-road, depending on the surface. In cloudy conditions, the team estimates the range could be 50 kilometers less.

This actually seems pretty good. I suppose those numbers would go down over time and depending on how dirty they are.

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Those filthy numbers will go down all day

Wait what are we talking about?

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That’s by draining the battery, not by sustaining a charge. If it gets 710km in the sun and 660km in cloudy weather, it probably gets 610 without any solar panels at all.

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