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Sweden is testing a semi-truck covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

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2y ago

Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

www.popsci.com /technology/scania-solar-truck/

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Generally speaking, solar panels aren’t optimized for near-constant traveling.
Do they mean it can't get a net positive amount of energy produced while driving it? Because, relativistically I don't see why near constant speed is different from being near stationary for solar panels.