Does Anyone Know of An Company(ies) that Converts Classic Automobiles to Automobiles with Solar Panels Built into Their Skins?
I am not talking about the new VEs with solar panels built into their skins. I am not talking about classic automobiles converted into VEs that plug into a separate setup of solar panels.
I love ‘65 Ford Mustang, EVs & solar power & really like everything Aptera offers, EXCEPT no ‘65 Ford Mustang body. Does not even have to be the same HEAVY materials that made-up The ‘65 Ford Mustang’s body, not necessary to maintain the safety of the car.
I been looking, but I cannot find any Company(ies) that Converts Classic (‘65 Ford Mustang) Automobiles to Automobiles with Solar Panels Built into Their Skins.
The 65 Mustang was not made of heavy materials. It was (at the time) modern unibody construction made of thin guage sheetmetal. I’ve owned a few. The 65 200ci mustang I had in my teens was one of the lighter cars I’ve every owned; 2400lb / 1100kg or something like that. It was very easy to push, which you occasionally needed to do because Mustangs were godawful piece of shit cars. I did for a while own a early production 65 289 K-code 4 speed. It was one of the rarer early Mustangs, but still a total piece of shit. The body panels were flimsy and dented easily, the bumpers would bend if you stared at them too hard.
I recall cars of the 40s and early 50s all seemed to use a heavier guage sheetmetal, and body on frame construction. I’m not sure that’s a good thing, but they were heavier and sturdier.
Also, if you look at solar panel production and EV energy consumption, I’m not sure that powering an old, unaerodynamic design is realistic with body mounted panels. It’s something like 3 miles per KWh to push a tesla model 3 down the road, and the big house panels are 400w panels. You can kinda do the math from there.
“ It’s something like 3 miles per KWh to push a tesla model 3 down the road, and the big house panels are 400w panels. You can kinda do the math from there.”
That is obviously wrong statement, when old Mustang conversion happen a lot, I was even watching a TV show about a company that did them & they did worst aerodynamic automobiles, with good enough performances.
The numbers aren’t wrong. You can verify them yourself instead of spouting nonsense.
It is a horrible inaccurate exaggeration of what I am talking about! I never mentioned mobile & solar powered houses! Thanks the waste of time replies & attitude over BS!
I have to own some, late ‘60s, Well I not found the things you did, even that they were easy to push, but things are all relative, right?
Compare to ‘90s-now materials, was my point.
When I posed this question on BLANKING popular social media outlet (THE BLANK will remain nameless, not helping it) the repliers kept not answering the question & stating the body’s made of too heavy materials to do it.
Car bodies today are still made out of sheet metal and plastic. Sheet metal is the same today as it was in the 60s, and while the plastic is better, it isn’t lighter. Moreover, cars are bigger and heavier for crash protection. If you’re talking about composites like carbon fiber, well… we’re not making car bodies out of carbon fiber.