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World's first 10,800 car carrier with solar power delivered by China
(interestingengineering.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2026
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So this ship is obviously just an experiment in greenwashing, it sounds like the panels basically just keep the lights on.
But if the 10,800 cars were all EVs equipped with V2L and you had them powering the ship, how far could their batteries at 100% propel the ship?
10,800 * 80 kWh = 864,000 kWh. Another post said the engine output is 15,000 kW, so it could go full steam for 864,000/15,000 = 57.6 hours? Although I guess using an electric rather than fossil engine will be a lot more efficient (2x? 3x?) Still, the energy density of oil is amazing...