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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Eli5 why are solar panels not used to run cars ?
gpt
Current solar panels (the size of a car roof) can't get enough energy into the battery fast enough at the rate-of-draw that an electric vehicle needs. Much better to have bigger / fields of panels that store to a battery, and just take what's needed to charge the vehicle from the deposit.