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> until they make the body of the car harness the sun's rays.

The surface area of a car usable for solar panels is about 3 square meters. At the absolute best, when the stars align just right, you're going to get about 1 kW of power out of these panels.

In other words, barely enough to offset the auxiliary systems in the car (cooling pumps, lights, computers, etc.)



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