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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago

Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating

www.pv-magazine.com

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Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating

www.pv-magazine.com

schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago
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Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first car prototype with a silicon-free, 20%-efficient nanoparticle solar coating that powers the vehicle even when off and uses modules thinner than a human hair.
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    Can’t they make the hood any longer? I don’t want to see any asphalt.

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      That’s like a retro-futuristic classy 1930’s Batmobile…

      I don’t hate it

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      Or the surprised looks of the children as I run them over.

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    Finally, we’ve returned to designing coupes that look like penises.

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    Seeing comments nitpicking the body shape… it’s the exact body shape it needs to be to get rich investors to finance it and tech bros to buy it. Smart move.

    They can expand to sedans and SUVs later.

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      I think it’s more to maximize surface area for solar power generation.

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        There’s nothing inhibiting their engineers from designing sedan and SUV bodies with comparable surface areas.

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        I doubt it generates enough energy either way. If that mattered they’d put in a long ass trunk as well.

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    Honestly I love this body shape. It’s an expensive car for expensive people and it harkens back to the last time we had runaway wealth inequality. 10/10

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    “silicon-free”? Is that a selling point? Is silicon good or bad in some way?

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      Money

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    So it can power… what? The radio?

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    Good thing being rich is a prerequisite for owning that thing, because a mild fender bender’s taking out the entire front end. Still, dead sexy.

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