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, I covered the story of Joe Kliewer, a man on a mission to set an automotive record. While most people aim for speed in a Cannonball attempt, Joe is instead aiming to be the first to go from New York City to the Los Angeles Metro powered by nothing but the sun.
He originally figured the journey would take about 20 days, based on some simple math. If the Model Y could go around 300 miles , then a journey of around 3,000 miles could be done in ten steps. With a battery capacity of around 80 kWh, and around 6.4 kW of solar power, he figured it would take around 12-13 hours of good sun to charge the car.
Like the first leg, he went at night to not drive during time that could be used for solar charging. The trip was completed at 3 AM, and the campsite looked like a ghost town. Fall camping isn’t popular in many places, it seems. As with the first stop, it took him days to charge, and the only thing he could do was explore the park. He charged for five days, but managed to get to 99% this time, enabling a full charge for the next leg of the trip.
some idiot on Facebook tried to use this as “evidence” that the “scam” of renewables had been revealed
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