“The solar cells provide us with more than 50% of our needs,” says Boubaker Siala, founder and CEO of Bako Motors. “For example, the B-Van, for commercial use, you can have free energy for about 50 kilometers (31 miles) per day… 17,000 kilometers (10,563 miles) per year. …….. The B-Van, which can carry 400 kilograms (882 pounds) of cargo and has a 100 to 300-kilometer (62 to 186 mile) range, is designed for logistics and last-mile delivery, with prices starting at 24,990 Tunisian dinar ($8,500)."
It varies widely by vehicle type, etc - but travelling 31 miles costs you in the ballpark of $3 in the US or €5 in Europe. So that's around $1,000/€1,800 of free fuel every year if you were using this vehicle most days. The B-Van is small, but perfect for local deliveries, especially if paired with swappable batteries.
You know what will never pay for itself with its self-generation fuel capacity? A gasoline combustion-engine car. Here's another pointer, they're rapidly becoming the transport option of yesteryear.
The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia’s electric vehicle revolution
And that's only a maybe. Most cars sit idle nost of the day, all around me cars are garaged with zero sun, the roof of the garage however is large and open to the sun.
If you park outside all the time, live in a sunny climate and have a tiny car it perhaos helps. It also doesn't help if the cars battery is full, so it's wasted in that sense,.of its on the garage roof it can run the house and excess can go into the grid as well as charge the car
All of thay asdie, to take the poly crisis of Climate Change, Pollution, resource depletion etc serisouly we MUST move away from all cars, including Ecars.
Even the IPCC states this and we still keep ignoring them. I see even Norway is starting to move away from ecars.
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/international-climate-report-demands-systemic-changes-to-transportation-and-urban-planning/
And a Climate Scientist
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-expert-comment-future-electric-fast.html
We're already building GWs of new coal to make ecars
https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/110868169284217016
Here's a better way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sGy4kS9T2w