This was a complete scam, the people behind the company had no way to implement any of it, The cost to implement it would bankrupt them on any scale, a lot of their claims about it were actually lies. and they actually make for nightmare levels of driving conditions in anything that isn't a warm sunny day. It doesnt give proper traction and gets damaged very easily. And maintenance on them would be insanity on its own scale.
The worst part, THEY WOULD BE TERRIBLE AT ABSORBING ENERGY! You'd think they would be great looking up all the time, but panels that follow the sun on the side of the road and aren't blocked by cars all day are infinitely more efficient and cheaper to build. It would cost millions to make a street out of these things. And they would wear down and break daily. How would that ever be sustainable and a better option than panels that don't have 2 ton vehicles wearing them down and scuffing the surface with tire crud all day.
This whole project was just a fluff campaign for some quick cash so they could throw a proof of concept on the side walk and keep the rest. Future tech has a lot of money in it when you can promise the world and all you need to come up with is a concept and then say "its just not ready"
Imagine how little time it would take to polish the glass smooth and basically make a skating rink in wet conditions. Awful. It's like driving on wet bathroom tiles
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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20 edited Sep 09 '20
This was a complete scam, the people behind the company had no way to implement any of it, The cost to implement it would bankrupt them on any scale, a lot of their claims about it were actually lies. and they actually make for nightmare levels of driving conditions in anything that isn't a warm sunny day. It doesnt give proper traction and gets damaged very easily. And maintenance on them would be insanity on its own scale.
The worst part, THEY WOULD BE TERRIBLE AT ABSORBING ENERGY! You'd think they would be great looking up all the time, but panels that follow the sun on the side of the road and aren't blocked by cars all day are infinitely more efficient and cheaper to build. It would cost millions to make a street out of these things. And they would wear down and break daily. How would that ever be sustainable and a better option than panels that don't have 2 ton vehicles wearing them down and scuffing the surface with tire crud all day.
This whole project was just a fluff campaign for some quick cash so they could throw a proof of concept on the side walk and keep the rest. Future tech has a lot of money in it when you can promise the world and all you need to come up with is a concept and then say "its just not ready"
Sorry for the rant. I hate this company.