Yeah I agree, for driving. But I think it’s to support the use case as an emergency backup tool. It’s a big market in Japan, lots of people have backup power, solar panels feeding power banks, a bottled water supply (myself included). Due to the frequency of typhoons and earthquakes, which can interrupt utility supply. It’s not meant to be a range extender, as far as I understand.
So 12 days of sun, call it 2 weeks, to charge via solar vs $2 ish to plug in.
I can see an urban use for the vehicle but the solar part is unrealistic and an unnecessary cost for all but unlikely extreme cases.
Yeah I agree, for driving. But I think it’s to support the use case as an emergency backup tool. It’s a big market in Japan, lots of people have backup power, solar panels feeding power banks, a bottled water supply (myself included). Due to the frequency of typhoons and earthquakes, which can interrupt utility supply. It’s not meant to be a range extender, as far as I understand.
For me, I would like this for the occasional bulky trip. So, it probably would be fine.