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Mercedes-Benz says its testing solar power generating vehicle-paint that could coat vehicles, and generate 100% of their power requirements in sunny cities like Los Angeles. (evcentral.com.au)

submitted 1 week ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the absolutely last thing we should be painting with this stuff is a vehicle that will likely spend much of its time inside a garage. If this breakthrough technology truly exists we should be painting all kinds of other things with it instead including currently existing solar panels apparently.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Gotta start somewhere and it's probably really hard to pitch expensive paint as a solution. If cars with solar paint take off, the prices come down substantially....and if it goes on a fancy car, it's got the cool factor now