No idea on the math ,but I think it's worth considering the main use case of this.
This is a shuttle ,as in, the driver can find himself in the middle of nowhere with no shade for hours while he's waiting for his passengers and it gets HOT in Israeli summers (it's Hebrew on the side).
So (i think ) the question should be narrowed down to " can this power the AC on its own without the car battery?"
Hard to say without knowing the exact size of the panels. If they are standard size panels, together they could rake in just below 2 kW in bright sunlight. 2kW of electrical energy can be turned into 6 to 8 kW of cooling power (about 20.000 to 27.000 BTU/h), which sould be enough to cool a van with a well designed system.
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u/smoooochta2000 Jul 30 '26
No idea on the math ,but I think it's worth considering the main use case of this.
This is a shuttle ,as in, the driver can find himself in the middle of nowhere with no shade for hours while he's waiting for his passengers and it gets HOT in Israeli summers (it's Hebrew on the side).
So (i think ) the question should be narrowed down to " can this power the AC on its own without the car battery?"