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Jim
Explorer
Sep 20, 2017

An electric bus that drove 1,100 miles between charges...

Wow. Can't wait to see the first battery powered RV. Range of 500 miles would be fine. And a fast charging system wouldn't be of concern to many that full time. We usually drive somewhere and hold up ...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Sep 22, 2017
Your source is ancient history from 2013. I've seen retail prices for panels as low as 24 cents per watt.

RCMAN46 wrote:
Solar is not there yet.

If we remove all of the subsidies Solar still costs more to make the panels than they can produce.

This article

Solar panels

claims this will turn around by 2020. But I suspect they assume electric rates will not change by 2020.

Not likely as my Arizona rates just recently increased.

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