http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/ Engadget Comments for Taiwanese solar car may not appeal to the fashion conscious http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/
The only way to know for sure is to have been on the team, and I'm guessing you weren't, or your answer would have been more definitive.]]>Dec 31st 2007 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/
However, my point was that even the most utilitarian things have an aesthetic that is developed through how they are manufactured.

The design will have an affect on how it is made; how it is made will have a direct affect on the performance.


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So a golden retriever designed it? Cool. :D]]>Dec 31st 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/
HaPPI
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Bullshit

Sunlight has at most 1kW per square meter, and thats before clouds, low panel effiency and only in summer.

What remains is 100-200W if you are lucky, and better panels won't increase this number to anything usefull.

Build big solar plants or put panels on your roof, thats great.
Solar cars however will never exist because it doesn't make sense.]]>Dec 31st 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Taiwanese solar car may not appeal to the conscious]]>Dec 31st 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/]]>Dec 31st 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/It's only a model...

*klunk*]]>Dec 31st 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Dec 31st 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Jan 1st 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/taiwanese-solar-car-may-not-appeal-to-the-fashion-conscious/Jan 1st 2008 4:48PM