He hasn't paid for fuel in 10 years, has never run out of charge, and was inspired by a famous race across the outback. Retired industrial engineer Ziga Dorkic wants to show you how it's done — for the Earth.
That’s honestly pretty dope. For anyone that didn’t watch, he’s charging off his home’s roof top. The panels on the car probably do very little.
I want a close up on those batteries! That looks like a crazy amount of work. What happens as they wear out? How does he test for that? Given that they’re recycled, you never know how many charge cycles they have. I assume the thing is modular?
Sure wish laptops still used 18650s. I haven’t bought a new battery in ages, all recycled from old laptops and power tools.
That’s honestly pretty dope. For anyone that didn’t watch, he’s charging off his home’s roof top. The panels on the car probably do very little.
I want a close up on those batteries! That looks like a crazy amount of work. What happens as they wear out? How does he test for that? Given that they’re recycled, you never know how many charge cycles they have. I assume the thing is modular?
Sure wish laptops still used 18650s. I haven’t bought a new battery in ages, all recycled from old laptops and power tools.
It actually sounds like the van’s panels (I’m guessing especially the large roof panel) can provide non-trivial power:
No doubt the huge array of panels on his roof can give it a lot more juice though!