Karma Car Solar Roof

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Karma car solar roof.

Despite the visual similarities to its ill fated predecessor the karma revero receives some thoughtful updates. The solar roof is one and it s an idea that fisker first employed on the original karma hybrid car though it s only likely to add a few miles of range a day at best. Between 2010 and 2012 already the team members of a2 solar had developed and produced the largest spherically most curved and back then with 120 watts the most powerful solar car roof module of its kind for the american sports car fisker karma one of the worldwide most advanced vehicles. Karma says the revero will be the first model sold in the u s.

On every karma s roof rests the world s largest solar panel on a car. Used 2012 fisker karma standard features. Energy drawn from it goes to the car s 12 volt auxiliary system. There s not a lot of new info on the vehicle yet but the karma says it s the first model sold in the us with a solar roof that will power the vehicle.

A larger stationary solar array will be available for mounting on a house or garage. The fisker karma had a solar panel in the roof too so this shouldn t come as a surprise. With a solar roof. The karma is a range extended electric vehicle or series hybrid driven by a pair of 120 kw 161 hp electric motors that receive power from a 20 1 kwh lithium ion battery supplied by a123 systems and or an engine powered generator.

Last week we covered the reborn fisker karma now the karma revero re introduction and there was one detail in that reveal i don t think i paid enough attention to. The battery pack runs down the center of the car between the pairs of left hand and right hand seats preventing a rear bench and seating four rather than five. With that shared spirit we partnered with pininfarina one of the world s definitive names in design and engineering. The array will supplement power from standard electric outlets and defray some of the charging cost.

The solar roof on the karma will add an estimated 4 to 5 miles 6 4 to 8 kilometers of battery power per week. Another is that the.