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Does Powerwall + solar + EV charger make sense?
I’ve been living for about a month in a co-housing condo community called Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colo. I really like it here — I’ve met lots of friendly people, gone to several...
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More questions about a rooftop solar + Tesla Powerwall + EV charger set up
As I’ve noted in a couple of previous blog entries, I just bought townhome in an HOA in Littleton, Colo. and have a two-car garage that is not attached to my townhome or to any other buildings for...
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Check out Tesla’s solar-charged car dream set-up
This house with solar shingles, a Tesla Powerwall and two solar-charged Teslas shows what the world could look like — if we all became solar-charged drivers. The promotional video below, produced by...
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Custom plates, bumper sticker for Chevy Bolt
My 2017 Chevy Bolt now has my old custom plates that were on my 2014 Nissan LEAF for three and a half years. I turned in my leased LEAF for a Bolt (which I also leased) at the end of September 2017....
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Colorado Buddhists like Bolt
My cajun red Chevy Bolt (left) parked directly next to another Bolt in Estes Park, Colo. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]In the two months I’ve been driving my newly leased Chevy Bolt around the...
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Spreading the Chevy Bolt and the electric car ‘gospel’
My red Chevy Bolt parked next to Deena Rowe’s brand new blue Chevy Bolt. We go to church together and Deena said I had a big influence in persuading her to go all electric. She’s also got a solar...
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Another solar-charged electric car goes online in Parker, Colo.
Deena R. standing in front of her new Chevy Bolt — and the solar “gas station” on her home’s roof in the Greater Denver, Colo. area. So, I have a friend from my Unitarian Universalist church who I...
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Three new Chevy Bolts at Colorado Unitarian church attest to Bolt’s appeal
Three proud Chevy Bolt owners in the parking lot of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church this Sunday. John K. (left), me (middle), and Deena R. (right). So, about four months ago I turned in a 2014...
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Same old tired, and false, anti-electric car points recycled again and again
So, it’s 2018, and Wired, a supposedly “progressive” media outlet with supposed expertise in new technologies just published an anti-electric car article with a telling headline, ‘The potential...
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Report: Fossil fuel industry underestimating disruptive power of electric...
I was just surfing and Googling around on the topic of solar-charged driving, EV + PV, etc. when I came across a very interesting article summarizing a report co-authored by the Grantham Institute at...
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Number of solar-charged electric vehicles continues to rise
Sean Palmer and Rita Hennessy in front of their solar-charged Chevy Bolt. Quite frequently someone will post to a Chevy Bolt Owner’s Group on Facebook that they are solar-charging their Bolt. The...
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Affordable home solar canopy now available online
Renewz’ iSun Oasis solar canopy. There’s a new option for those seeking to solar-charge their electric cars: You can order a solar canopy online. Renewz, a solar-technology startup company, recently...
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How many solar panels does it take to charge an electric car?
Home solar + an electric car will save you a lot in fuel costs! You actually don’t need that many solar panels on your home, garage etc. to produce enough electricity to fuel your electric car 100...
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This red Tesla S zooming around Colorado while driving on sunshine
This Red Tesla Model S, which belongs to Charlie Wilde, who works for Ecology Solar, is zooming around Colorado while driving on sunshine. It’s a great advertisement for solar, Ecology Solar, and, of...
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Sono Sion a cool little solar-charged and solar-powered electric car
I was looking through Twitter under the hash tag #DrivingOnSunshine when I came across this (above) very cool video about a European trip the Sono Sion — an electric car that can charge itself with...
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New residential solar-carport displayed at Canadian National Home Show
The iSun oasis solar (car)port. MONTREAL – Renewz Inc., based in Montreal, Canada, partnered recently with SmartReno, a Canadian company that provides homeowners with a trusted network of able and...
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This PowerPoint focuses on basics of home solar + electric vehicle synergy
Solar charged-driving from Christof Demont-Heinrich I put together a PowerPoint on solar-charged driving to present at my Unitarian Universalist Church on April 15, 2018. Enjoy
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Solar catamaran boat showcased in new video
The SoelCat 12, a solar-powered boat. Soel Yachts, a company that designed the SoelCat 12, a solar-charged and solar-powered boat that runs 100 percent on sunshine generated electricity when traveling...
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This electric car Drives on Sunshine
This new Chevy Bolt in Parker, Colo. is solar-charged I have a friend from my Unitarian Universalist church who I managed to persuade to buy a Chevy Bolt and who has solar on her home, Deena R. Deena...
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Solar + electric car vanity plates advertise Driving on Sunshine
I’ve got a vanity plate that advertises solar + electric vehicle synergy on my 2017 Chevy Bolt, SOLPWRD. I thought it would be interesting to see what kinds of other vanity plates are out there for...
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