On the one hand, driving 18 holes on a golf course demands between
0.8 - 1.6 kWh electric energy depending on the gradient, length and
surface of the trail.
On the other hand, the SolarDrive solar cell paneled roof will
provide the solar golf car with varying amounts of energy depending
on varying factors such as location, weather conditions, time of
year and local shading.
Also general maintenance like tire inflation and battery
watering will influence the end result.
Especially adherance to regular battery maintenance is
important (this of course is also the case without
solar)
While it is impossible to give a guarantee as to the exact
effect of going solar at your location, we can at
least present a fairly
reliable estimate. Based on 22 years of NASA solar
statistics the following table shows the power production of the
SolarDrive S2E solar roof as a percentage of the experienced power
consumption of an electric golf car driving a typical 18 hole golf
course on a flat, medium and a mountanous trail. To
display the extremities we have combined the easiest trail
with the best month of the year and the hardest trail with the
worst month. The last column shows the overall yearly average
on a medium demanding trail.
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with all the details !
Power production / Power consumption -
Golf cars
Disclaimer:
SolarDrive takes no responsibility
for the correctness of the basic data obtained from NASA nor for
the actual experienced results. The text and figures are
presented as a guideline only. The actual result may be influenced
by many other factors as well e.g. length of course, battery
watering, altitude, time of year, time of day, present weather
conditions, local shades (from houses, trees, mountains), tire
inflation, general maintenance etc.
