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Jan 02, 2014

Remember zapping ants with a magnifying glass?

Breakthrough clean technology SunPower, which has been Ford's solar technology partner since 2011, is providing high-efficiency solar cells for the roof of Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept. Because...
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Jan 02, 2014
scroller95969 wrote:
When is says "off-vehicle solar concentrator" does that mean that it is some kind of lens that you would have to park next to in order to receive a charge?


Yes, or wait a few more days for the same charge. The fresnel lens (think light houses) concentrates the sunlight to 8 times the intensity, thus the "zapping of the ants"

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