Renewable energy + a Tesla = A game changer
A Tesla with a custom plate parked in Centennial, Colorado. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]I’m always on the lookout for custom plates that promote electric cars and, especially, plates that...
View ArticleHow many SOLR EV license plates are there in the USA?
Ed Knapton’s “SOLR EV” license plate (see front of Chevy Volt). His is the third “SOLR EV” vanity plate that we now know of in the USA. Thank you for sharing, Ed! [Photo by Ed Knapton]Ed Knapton, who...
View ArticleSolar-charged Bolts on Twitter
Two more solar-charged drivers are online in California. Good news! Thank you for sharing.
View ArticleFree gas!
Putting up a home solar system that covers 100 percent of your driving in an electric car is the equivalent of plugging in to free gasoline for up to 20 years after so-called solar “payback”. Yes, you...
View ArticleWeb sites promote Chevy Bolt, Nissan LEAF, and Tesla Model 3 + home solar...
As Discount Solar Supply notes on its promotional web site ChevyBoltSolarCharger.Com, you can fuel for free when you combine an all-electric car such as a Chevy Bolt with home solar — once you’ve...
View ArticleTop 10+ solar electric car license plate ideas
So, let’s say you’ve got a new solar-charged driving set-up: an electric car + home solar and you’re looking to let the world know just how great it is to be Driving on Sunshine. How can you do that?...
View ArticleThe “little” solar train that could: Australian electric locomotive runs on sun
This Australian tourist train is powered by the sun. [Photo by Positive.News]Yes, you CAN power full-scale trains with solar + a battery. An Australian train has solar panels on its roof + solar panels...
View ArticleTesla solar shingles power a home — and an electric car
It’s amazing how much more high-tech solar-charged driving is today than it was back in 2014 when I first plugged our First Generation Nissan LEAF into solar at our home at 4000 S. Atchison Way in...
View ArticleUsing home solar to charge an electric car No. 1 way to achieve fueling...
An all-electric Nissan LEAF parked in front of a home with a 5.5 kW solar system used to fuel the LEAF. A solar-charged electric car is a clean, green, and efficient car, one that will save you money —...
View ArticleAir pollution is killing 8.8 million people a year: What you can do right now...
Solar-charging electric vehicles is one way to radically reduce air pollution. We have the ability to eliminate air pollution, a global killer that affects more than 90 percent of the world population....
View ArticleEV charging network EVgo plugs in to 100% renewable energy
An EVgo charging station complete with a solar canopy in California serves as green advertisement on the company’s home page. Charging network EVgo announced recently that it signed contracts with all...
View ArticleTransform your home into a solar EV charging station
Our Aurora, Colo. house on which we installed a 5.5 kW solar system in 2010, and sold in late 2015, is still sporting a clean, sharp and working solar system nine years later. It is saving the current...
View ArticleTesla Supercharger stations are running on solar-generated electricity
This solar-powered Tesla Supercharger recently opened in Las Vegas. The photo above represents THE future of “gas” stations in the USA –> The fully solar-powered fast-charging electric “gas tank”....
View ArticleStudy: Renewable energy plus electric car combo is poised to kill Big Oil
Dark days are ahead for Big Oil companies thanks to the rise of the renewable energy + electric vehicle combination, according to a new study released by a major French economic analysis firm....
View ArticleHome solar system plus an electric vehicle saves lots of money!
Benjamin Nelson talking up the advantages of solar-charged driving in front of his own EV + PV set-up. The video below is a GREAT ad for the cost savings that you can generate, right from the start,...
View ArticleNew video ‘rocks up’ the advantages of home solar PV for your EV
Home solar + an electric car = BIG fuel cost savings across the life of your home solar system. Ok, so the music to this video promoting solar-charged driving produced by a website called PV4EVS.Com is...
View ArticleOff-grid home solar system powers Australian woman’s Tesla
Sylvia Wilson in front of the home solar system that powers both her home and her Tesla Model S in Queensland, Australia [Photo Credit: Screen capture of Australian Broadcasting Corporation video story...
View ArticleReflecting on 10 years of SolarChargedDriving.Com — and on 10 years of solar...
SolarChargedDriving.Com launched 10 years ago in September 2009. Ten years ago, on Sept. 8, 2009, I launched SolarChargedDriving.Com into the world — and on to the World Wide Web. A decade later and...
View ArticleGas Huggers are deliberately blocking access to Tesla Superchargers in the U.S.
These dudes DELIBERATELY blocked ALL Tesla Superchargers at the Yorktown Heights, New York Tesla Supercharger. They are what I call GAS HUGGERS, every single one of them, trying to hold on to gasoline...
View ArticleTesla’s tiny solar house a perfect showcase for solar-charged EV driving
The Tesla Tiny House parked in Australia. [Tesla Motors Photo]Tesla took the promotion of solar-charged driving up a notch recently with a package that saw a Tesla Model X tow a solar tiny house with a...
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