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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.electronics,rec.autos.tech
Subject: Re: Tech details on GM Electric Car
Summary: How large is the solar array?
Message-ID: <1846@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 21 Jan 90 19:07:36 GMT
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In article <1060@khijol.UUCP>, erc@khijol.UUCP (Edwin R. Carp) writes:
  
> That gives me a thought -- drive your car to work, then unfold your solar array
> and let the sun charge your batteries while you work!

This assumes that 

	The sun is shining

	You are parked in an open lot, not a lower floor of a ramp

	You get there in time to use a large area for your solar array;
	say several parking spaces worth.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
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