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Solar-charged Nissan LEAF an ‘inspiration’
Someone left this note on my Nissan LEAF. Sometimes when you do the right thing — like power an electric car with sunshine, something I’ve been doing for about 10 months — you get recognition for...
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When the Nissan LEAF is your ONLY car
The Nissan LEAF has between 70 and 100 miles of range, depending on weather conditions, speed, etc. I did not plan on having an all-electric Nissan LEAF as my ONLY car. But that’s the situation I’ve...
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I’m driving an electric car nearly for free
Driving a solar-charged electric car means you save money — and it’s also patriotic. After all, you’re fueling your car with 100 percent domestic solar sunshine generated electricity. Would you like to...
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Does using solar offset to ‘fuel’ an EV make it a zero air pollution car – or...
Yes, I know, the headline for this entry is pretty charged, and, I will say, right up front, I don’t think solar-charged driving is a lie. However I do concede that after more than five years of...
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Tesla delivers the tools for #griddefection
Yes! I am SOOOO stoked: Tesla announced yesterday that “Tesla Energy” will be producing home battery packs called “Powerwalls.” The Powerwall will allow people like me — I’ve got a 5.6 kW solar system...
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3 steps to making leap from gas to solar
Yes, solar can, and DOES, replace oil, despite what the so-called “expert” energy analysts claim — which is that solar is not in direct competition with oil. The video above, which I produced today...
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Germans love renewables, not electric cars
Sights like this one, near Sondershausen, Germany, where wind turbines and solar farms are located together, are common in Germany. But, sadly, electric cars, which could be plugged into a renewable...
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Thrill of solar-charged driving has faded
Life circumstances are forcing me to sell our home, give up solar-charged driving, and, potentially, unplug from electric driving altogether. When I launched SolarChargedDriving.Com in September of...
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Quebec gets new solar EV charging station
Two Quebec companies, renewz inc. and Roulez Électrique have signed an agreement to install an iSun solar carport at the “Station Roulez Électrique” of Trois-Rivières in Quebec. The companies say this...
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SunRun promotes solar-charged driving
It’s good to see a major solar company, in this case, SunRun, actively promoting the awesome synergy between home solar and electric cars! SunRun lists four reasons to solar-charge: Charge it for cheap...
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Half of electric car owners have home solar
This is something I saw coming way back in the summer of 2009: Electric cars and solar would create a powerful and attractive synergy with one another. That is, those with solar would be more likely...
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Swedish company designs solar + wind EV charging station
The Giraffe 2.0 — which harnesses wind and solar power to charge your electric vehicle. If solar-charging your EV isn’t clean or green enough for you, now you can add wind to the equation and...
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Solar-charged vanity plates
This Tesla Model X is fueled by sunshine, as indicated by its Colorado vanity plate. I’ve got a Colorado vanity plate too that tells the world that my EV is fueled by 100 percent green, clean renewable...
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Colorado Tesla owner says ‘Bye Gas’— with a custom license plate
This Colorado Tesla owner is telling the world that he/she is gas free! And a supporter of renewable energy Above is a picture of another Tesla Model S Colorado vanity plate that I saw recently:...
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EPA and California agency promoting electric vehicles plus solar synergy
The EV Charging & Solar Initiative provides assistance to organizations to procure affordable EV charging stations, with the option to site solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. [Photo Credit:...
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Up to 40 percent of EV owners have home solar
The amazing synergy between solar energy and electric cars hasn’t escaped the attention of a size-able number of electric car owners. In fact, according to a Cleantechnica.Com survey, in some places in...
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Can I charge an EV with solar in a condo community?
No solar on these condo roofs at Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colo. — although I’m hoping I might persuade them to allow me to install solar on my garage — once I move in in late July...
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Let’s map all the solar carports and solar EV charging stations in the world
Please help us create a collective Google map of all the solar carports and solar EV charging stations in the world. Wouldn’t it be cool to know exactly how many solar carports and solar EV charging...
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My electric car is 100 percent wind-powered again — sort of
I just signed up for 100 percent wind energy from my utility, Xcel Energy. But my electric car won’t be covered — because my townhome and my garage are metered separately in Highline Crossing...
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Westport, Conn. train station hosts a solar EV charging “party”
A Nissan LEAF, a Tesla Model S, a BMW i3, and a Chevy Volt all fill up with sunshine generated electricity at the Westport, Conn. train station in this picture captured purely by chance by the Google...
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