Post by bipul62 on Feb 20, 2024 2:06:42 GMT -8
Armor is a french company that makes thin film solar panels. One of its products, called asca, uses semiconductor compounds based on organic polymers printed on flexible films. Its flexibility means asca can be mounted on curved surfaces, something traditional solar panels cannot do. In tests, 50,000 can be wound and unrolled without loss of performance. According to the company, asca weighs only about 450 grams per square meter. To put it in perspective, it is about 30 times lighter than other technologies. A piece the size of a sheet of paper weighs only 30 grams, about the same as 6 sheets of paper of the same size.
The company recently demonstrated a car cover with asca thin-film solar panels placed on a gazelle electric car. There's a lot of interest in adding solar panels to electric cars to extend their range, but armor is the first to put them on a car cover instead of on the car itself. The company says its asca thin film products can also be incorporated directly into the surface of a car. Asca are resistant to high uk phone number pressure and shock. The thin film solar panels cover an area of 4 square meters, enough to provide extra energy to the vehicle and increase its range up to 15 kilometers a day, with the car exposed to the sun for 8 hours.
The company has set the goal of gaining 48 km of autonomy per day within 3 years. “with the retractable solar cover, the gazelle was designed entirely to reduce the carbon impact during travel,” says an armor spokesperson. «the goal of asca organic photovoltaic film is to make the transportation of tomorrow more autonomous and consume less energy. Is a solar car cover the perfect solution for all electric vehicle owners? Of course not. If you park in a garage at home or at work, it's not going to be of much use. And obviously it cannot be used in places where it can be stolen. But it's a step forward for the ev revolution, which is a good thing.
The company recently demonstrated a car cover with asca thin-film solar panels placed on a gazelle electric car. There's a lot of interest in adding solar panels to electric cars to extend their range, but armor is the first to put them on a car cover instead of on the car itself. The company says its asca thin film products can also be incorporated directly into the surface of a car. Asca are resistant to high uk phone number pressure and shock. The thin film solar panels cover an area of 4 square meters, enough to provide extra energy to the vehicle and increase its range up to 15 kilometers a day, with the car exposed to the sun for 8 hours.
The company has set the goal of gaining 48 km of autonomy per day within 3 years. “with the retractable solar cover, the gazelle was designed entirely to reduce the carbon impact during travel,” says an armor spokesperson. «the goal of asca organic photovoltaic film is to make the transportation of tomorrow more autonomous and consume less energy. Is a solar car cover the perfect solution for all electric vehicle owners? Of course not. If you park in a garage at home or at work, it's not going to be of much use. And obviously it cannot be used in places where it can be stolen. But it's a step forward for the ev revolution, which is a good thing.