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Suuuuure you do. 72 days to recharge a Tesla with current standard solar modules.
Got a link to that? What size panel, a small one plugged into the cig lighter?
Do you understand batterie banks, power stored for use when needed? One doesn't charge any electric car nor run a home with out proper sizing and a system. Very easy to get panels, inverter (square wave OK at 1/2 the price of a sine wave) charge controller, batteries. Size it right you can charge your electric car no different than if you were on grid. Proper designed size one can charge their car every day. Want to charge two, go bigger.
Satellites, ISS all use solar and seems to work fine and long time. Solar homes have all the power they need, why? Proper design and BATTERY BANK size.
Yes, in SPACE you don't have dust constantly clogging the system. Also, their Solar modules are orders of magnitude better, and more expensive. The module you get costs a few hundred bucks. The module that NASA uses costs a MILLION dollars. Now, which one do you think is going to work better? I have a solar system that I built 30 odd years ago now. What is sad is the readily available modules are no better than what I built three decades ago.