Coleman Powermate Generator

[Super Dave]

That's an electric car, not a solar car.

And it says this...

Estimated Retail Price: $49k

[Suzy]

Ok, I should have expanded my response to electric too, what I meant about the solar part is you can carry your own SOLAR RECHARGER with you and recharge anywhere, you still don't need to rely on the earth or any electrical from your home, etc.. That's how I should have worded it. 

http://www.evworld.com/evguide.cfm?evtype=production

Yes, some are pricy, depending on how fast you wanna go!! 

[Super Dave]

You really need to do more research into solar.  It takes 5 hours for a full charge on that car with a regular outlet.  110v x 20 amps = 2200 watts per hour.  You're gonna have a huge solar array that you'll need a trailer to carry.

[Super Dave]

Are you using anything solar now?

[Suzy]

For practical purposes, it will recharge overnight while your sleeping. For travel, yes, you may have to depend on an electrical hookup (but I'm sure there is something out there that would work as far as solar), but still NO GAS INVOLVED.   ::)

Have to go to work now, I'll research some more, and come back to disagree with you later. 

[Suzy]

Are you using anything solar now?

No, but I plan to. You still didn't answer my question about how much gas you use in one day for your travel, etc. silly. 

[spyderchick]

Pulling a trailer with a solar array or no? 

[bigreid]

Dave is right, solar really isn't feasible for our application.  For small electronics it works perfect.  Even if you could get enough solar panels and batteries to make it work, what are you going to do on a cloudy day?  Then you're back where you started.  Plus the additional gas used for hauling all that junk, and the disposal of old batteries when they are worn out, would probably negate the positives using solar would produce

[Super Dave]

And I did answer the amount of gas per day. 

[Suzy]

Yes, Alexa they do, not saying I would want to tow this thing behind the car, there are smaller versions that will do their purpose too.

http://mobilesolarpower.net/

[Suzy]

Dave is right, solar really isn't feasible for our application.  For small electronics it works perfect.  Even if you could get enough solar panels and batteries to make it work, what are you going to do on a cloudy day?  Then you're back where you started.  Plus the additional gas used for hauling all that junk, and the disposal of old batteries when they are worn out, would probably negate the positives using solar would produce

They still are picking up energy on a cloudy day, example, I worked a corner, forgot to bring my sunscreen ON A CLOUDY DAY, and still got sunburned.  ::)

[spyderchick]

Solar and wind BOTH are practical for home and small business applications, but are very unrealistic for our use in the race industry. That may change in the future, but for now, it's reality.