preferably just use a gas car is the apocalypse lmao. Teslas are fast, and quiet, so you can go somewhere really quickly without making any noise. However, being able to just dump gasoline into a car and being able to go is much more efficient

@@ifthesewallscouldtalktheyp7692 gasoline has a short shelf life, it would only be viable for a few months then you’re on your own. While yes pumping in some gas and zipping off is quicker, than having to wait for a charge. I think someone would be able to rig it so the tesla continuously charges from the panels while driving.

Could create pure ethanol if you have to park and charge best belive the marauders will be on yoi

@@ifthesewallscouldtalktheyp7692 gas goes bad after 6 months so if the apocalypse happened no one would have any gas and refinement is complicated

You could put a propane generator in it. Propane shelf life is amazing. I'm not sure if it's more difficult to refine than diesel though. Stripout all non essential weight and seal a compartment off with 2000w generator and a forklift propane tank.

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Light year one.

Woah..Jerry

Ay Louis

I like your video @jerryrigeverything

Not really, but good try

Tesla can make this better if they did panel roof hood and rear door should be an option

It does not help a Bit Look at the amount of Gear he has just to be able to do 5 miles,😳🤷 walking is way faster than waiting for this to charge 🤦 . If he Removed all this Dead Weight he would probably gain way more than 5 miles range plus he Would save loads of money also 🤔🤨

No, it is not great, because the panels are about 300Watts with the losses in the cables. The car uses about 300W so it is a net 0. But then you also have losses in the cable to the car so you get less than 0, you are at negative. If he let the car sit for another hour "charging" he would loose those miles. You can clearly see that as soon as the 2kWh stored from the battery are down the car is at +0miles. At 7:35. So the only way to do this is to have 2kWh power banks and add a couple of miles, then try and charge the power bank with the solars and repeat, not worth it. Plus, you can't do that if the panels are fixed to the car and not to mention the fact that fixed panels on the car will yield very bad results. This is why solar panels on a car don't make any sense and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you. The only place this could work a little more is in a Van where you have the top AND the sides paneled up.

@@teslakiller6959 You are so wrong Ioniq 5 has solar roof if made properly any solar tech will supplement any electric vehicle

@@teslakiller6959 you are totally wrong a solar panel will benefit evs so much all ev manufacters have to do is create a system to balance it

That would be cool

I would have thought you could do a few miles worth in a day, but 100 kilowatt hours is a lot to add from a roof. More like 300 hours straight of hot sun. But hey, you could help out a stranded car with them if they need to get a few miles.

the added weight and cost to keep the battery topped off probably not a net win except in very special situations like camping at the beach for days. for those cases you can bring yer own!

I mean 30 panels usually can get most houses and families of 4 off the grid. So to think 4-5 panel’s on the roof couldn’t charge (4) batteries would be silly. It probably could get you at least 200 miles trip from it if I had to guess. It also would depend on how much sun you’re getting daily though. Is it worth the $2000 you’re going to spend to install the rack and pv panels electric hook up for backup battery pack. Also the cost of the car won’t hold value it’s overpriced. In 5-7 years teslas will be worth a fraction of the cost once they realize nobody is buying them anymore at their high listing price they’ll fall. I switched to no car and saved a lot more. ❤

The challenge will be generating more power from solar than you lose from drag while driving.

@@TheTechofTech agreed and that is the challenge we need to overcome. Maybe someday when panels are more efficient. For now I’d like to at least be able to replace some energy and be relatively self sufficient.

That would be so Kool. Keep us updated ⚡🇺🇲

lol

You still utilizing your solar setup?

@@supjay3945 I've not had a practical use for it. My efforts were exploratory for camping, but I haven't really needed it.

until you bend a rim or pop a capacitor on the computer unit behind the dash

In an apocalypse, I won't be using leaves, but a portable squeeze bidet like I'm already doing at home. No leaves and no toilet paper. .

These panels already have built-in kickstands and can be aimed towards the sun, just not while sitting on top of the Tesla. The nice thing about having the solar generation separate from the car is that you can park the car in the shade and still have panels in the sun.

@@TheTechofTech Im not super into cars, whats is the benefit of parking your car in the shade?

@@ifthesewallscouldtalktheyp7692 so it doesn’t heat up the inside so when you go in it won’t feel like a furnance

@@ifthesewallscouldtalktheyp7692 I don't think you have to be into cars to know that they heat up like a bitch.

Meanwhile in Sicilia with 300+ days of sun every year, no one uses solar

Awesome! Thank you!

That's not how the batteries work

@@Pinkielover I think you don't know how electricity works 😬 There are DC to DC voltage converters can be used to allow changing with a low DC input.

@@FuyangLiu you should be more specific. Also consider the heat generated

You could for the 12v battery but wouldn't be able to charge the car itself unless you had a high voltage 450v array and charge controller.

It’s not 7 miles in one hour from the roof. It’s 7 miles from the external power bank. It was 1 mile per hour from the panels but that could perhaps be 1.5 direct into the car battery if that was possible.

It’s 2.5x, which is still significantly large. I hope to get one to feature on the channel, but they’re barely portable.

@@TheTechofTech ah I was thinking of putting two of them in parallel to double the capacity. They are heavy at 145 pounds each though.

When is this coming out?

@@davesmith5260 in a month or two are when the shipments are reaching out.

@@kpboix99 so how much could you charge a Tesla on this?

I'm thousands of miles from any desert. lol

You can do a 2000w set-up in the Cybertruck ⚡

And the Aptera Paradigm which is by far the most energy efficient of the 3.

The ionic 5 and the cybertruck will have a solar roof too

@@Random9rA9 But not as energy efficient.

@@danylbekhoucha6180 yes that's true

Being a fan of Solar Team Eindhoven, I'm rooting for the Lightyear One.

The panels were putting out 40V at 6 amps on average. The power station was pushing about 12 amps at 120V throughout the test.

Could be good for a few miles of range per hour.

Was done to marina boats not too long ago. Clear coat paint to use solar to use radios etc. Cb radios. Ham radios. Back then it didn't put out ALOT but technology now so days would allow higher watts / volts.

A $2,000 Jerry can though haha

@@rickmaff lol honestly.

@Shawn Huffman I rarely turn down anyone offering me a pint! lol

wouldnt it be cheaper to carry a gas powered generator

The drag is what kills that as a useful idea.

There are thinner more powerful solar panels out there now seen on UKposts and they flex too you can bend them in half.

I made my own by mounting a $100 2000w inverter on top of a $200 100ah lifepo4 battery. for solar in, renogy charge controller $20-30. can be done with a 200ah battery also

Looks pretty cool.

80 miles would be hugely optimistic.

@@ksnax I agree. I was in one of those moments. 30 miles might be closer to real - but still, I like the idea of it.

Yes.

You are correct, and I should’ve been clearer. Yes, all Teslas can receive a very high DC current to “fast charge” their batteries. However, we’re talking 60V or so versus 480V and 6 amps versus up to 800 amps.

Yes, as seen in the Aptera I feature in this video. Tesla does not have the hardware to allow this, but the Aptera is built with on-board solar.

Twice the output and power and about 5x the solar input capacity. It’s LiFePO4 versus LIon for the Jackery, which gives it a 3,000 cycle life versus 800 cycle life for the Jackery. However, it’s nearly 3x the weight at 59 pounds.

As I showed throughout the video, solar input was significantly less than power drawn from the power station. As I also mentioned in the video, the solar generates about a mile of range per hour you can keep the panels in direct sunlight. That’s not enough to be worth replacing the glass roof with solar panels for me, for sure.

Yup, Tesla should do it. Do we need to write letters to Tesla?

This would be very useful in Honolulu. - short distances - lots of apartments & condos - lots of sun - electricity cost is double or triple the cost in most states. - won't eliminate, but might reduce number of visits to overcrowded, hard to find charging stations. So in Hawaii, this would be great! PS: not just the roof, but adding solar panels to the hood would help a lot.

Not a fan of the exterior styling, but that interior is 🔥!

The issue is that the DC input for Teslas is geared towards a heck of a lot more volts as well as amps. It would be possible, sure, but maybe not efficient using the exact same DC input as Supercharging.

It's hard to see, but once the Bluetti AC200P hits zero, it automatically turns off the AC output, so there is no draw from the mobile connector at all.