Thread: Demand Car Companies Shift Gears - Support Improved Fuel Efficiency
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Old 04-22-2007, 07:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tyreay View Post
Thats a great idea! As for charging them, each station could be decked out with solar panels, wind, and(according to location) even water turbines, with a 110 charger for backup. A large bank of batteries charging on such a system could handle charging other batteries of a smaller capacity. It would take some peaking and tweaking but we do have the technology to build these systems right now.
Do solar panels work on cloudy days? We seem to have alot of them where I live.