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Originally Posted by ainarssems
Just need to scale them down to fit as fuel cell in the car, no need to refuel gor life of car and when you are not driving plug it in and sell electricity to the grid
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That sounds like a 50's idea!
Make them like one of the retro futuristic cars from "Fallout"
Also, as most Solar Panel roof installations and EVs produce 240V (or 110V to our American friends) when plugged into a domestic supply, that power will only supplement to the local grid of what 5-10 sq km before hitting the brick wall of the step down transformer, unless they can step-up (I'm not aware of this being a feature of the national grid)?
The smarter move is to use solar to take yourself off-grid.
Autonomous vehicles are a long way off too.
In all likelihood they
may get to level 4 (Tesla's and Mercs are currently level 2.5) and get partial endorsement for Motorways and main (A) roads, maybe secondary (B) roads that are well marked.
The chances of them ever being endorsed to navigate through estates, laneways and hedgerows are very low.
Tesla autopilot is a camera and software system, I don't think it even uses infrared, so just how good is it at detecting living things hiding behind bushes or parked/stopped cars? Most experts say level 4 and above cannot be achieved without Lidar or similar technology.