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- Feb 3, 2013
If I understand this correctly, he wants to live in a mobile bus, that is, drive around the country in a bus that is converted into a home? And he wants it to run on solar power...
Bus motors pack around 200 kW. Under optimal conditions (1000 W/m², that is, a clear summer with nearly vertical insolation) and high-quality PV (20%, like those used on that solar Lolcowplane), he'd need 1000 m² of PV -- a square of around 32 m side length. On cloudy days, he'd need much more, e.g. with 20% capacity factor (Southern California, Texas, Nevada...) 5000 m² of PV. Does he plan to put them on a gigantic trailer and pull them around everywhere he goes?
Bus motors pack around 200 kW. Under optimal conditions (1000 W/m², that is, a clear summer with nearly vertical insolation) and high-quality PV (20%, like those used on that solar Lolcowplane), he'd need 1000 m² of PV -- a square of around 32 m side length. On cloudy days, he'd need much more, e.g. with 20% capacity factor (Southern California, Texas, Nevada...) 5000 m² of PV. Does he plan to put them on a gigantic trailer and pull them around everywhere he goes?