There’s a shop in PA (if I remember correctly) that builds classic Minis with Honda motors. They’re very clean, look fairly stock, but run low 13’s and get like 30 mpg. Saw it at a SEMA show in Atlantic City over a decade ago and I still want one. Owner was super nice too. Great car people.

Absolutely gorgeous shade of red.

Renewables subsides, state mandates, and EPA action is doing far more to destroy the grid than the slow adoption of electric cars will ever do.

Isn’t the power grid in the US already outdated though?

I wonder what kind of change in infrastructure we might need to support something like that?

Need an industry to boost solar sales, which in turn drives investment into solar tech. As tech gets better, build RVs with more modern cells, like another product would. The solar panels are mainly for off-grid electricity anyway. I think modern solar panels could handle that.

Electric motors for each wheel is an opportunity for amazing traction control and braking if tuned properly. I don’t know much it effects interior space or weight, but I like it!

Gogoro is laying the groundwork for a swappable power supply. They’re doing it with electric scooters, but the batteries are removable, so you can exchange them at stores for fully charged ones. A car battery would be much larger/heavier, but could be feasible if it was multiple smaller batteries banked together.…

It’ll be hard to find investors for the project, which I don’t even know what the budget would be, but there could be a way with crowdsourcing, grants, and subsidies. Make it an annual challenge for engineering programs. The tech learned and possibly adopted could translate to benefits for public transportation and…

Yeah, the solar panels are primarily for off grid electricity when camping or parked anywhere. Was thinking batteries would get most of their charge from gas engine and regen braking. The goal isn’t full electric, just an RV with good gas mileage and a weeks worth of off-grid electricity (without restarting motor).

A 20mpg RV would be amazing compared to today’s standards.

That’s actually really interesting to know.

And you’d get at least a weeks worth of power off grid without restarting the engine! Maybe more, depending on how fast the solar panels charge.

How big were the panels on the Fisker? The roof of an RV could do a 10’x4’ bank of panels. Would be more for staying off radar and camping. Batteries recharged while driving through gas engine.

Add some Volvo traction control and you’d be good! Really though, I was thinking the bigger weight concern is all the batteries under the floorboard. Can put a lot of batteries under the floorboard of an RV. Wouldn’t be charged solely through solar. Would get charged from gas engine and something like kers braking…

Hell, isn’t 20mpg already doubling what current RV’s get?

Toyota 2000 GT = sex with Brooke Shields

What better way to promote saving the Earth than driving a car that represents 2 catfish mating?

Someone make a damn hybrid electric/gas RV already. Solar panels all on the roof. A bank of batteries under the floor. An RV that gets 40mpg and could go off grid for a week. Take my fucking money.