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Michigan man driving three electric vehicles on sunshine
Craig Toepfer’s Tesla Model 3 parked in front of its “gas station” — a home solar system — in Michigan. Craig Toepfer is one of an increasing number of Americans who are driving on sunshine, or, as we...
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COVID19 lock downs have cleaned up the air. Let’s use electric cars +...
A clear, clean air day in Echo Park in Los Angeles, Calif. in late March AFTER California Gov. Gavin Newsom had ordered California residents to stay at home. [Photo by Gabriel Duarte; Instagram =...
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My cohousing HOA community is getting rooftop solar — finally!
A Sopris Solar worker installs a racking system on one of our garage blocks at Highline Crossing Cohousing Community on Thurs., June 11, 2020. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]Precisely 10 years ago...
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Nothing beats driving an electric car on sunshine, nothing! :-)
Me standing in front of my 2020 Chevy Bolt with one of the Mission Solar panels that will soon be fueling it [Photo by Chris McGuire]So, a new 20 kW solar system with two separate arrays on two...
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My electric car is officially solar-charged again
My 2020 Chevy Bolt is now officially solar-charged again after our new 9.2 kW system at Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colo. finally went online on Mon., Nov. 23, 2020 — after a drawn-out...
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How I know when my electric car is filling up directly with sunshine 🌞
My 2020 Chevy Bolt parked in front of the 9.4 kW rooftop solar system that both directly, and indirectly, fuels it. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]Many years ago, I wrote extensively on this web...
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Yes, if being green is your thing, it DOES matter when you plug your electric...
A Chevy Volt charges with solar-generated electricity. I have long been very interested in the question of how much it (does not) matter(s) when one plugs one’s electric vehicle in, especially if, like...
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Yes, you can charge an EV with solar
My 2020 Chevy Bolt parked in front of the solar system that fuels it. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich] Charging your EV with home solar is a three-step process ==> Install a solar system on your...
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It doesn’t take much solar to charge an EV
Home solar + an electric car will save you a lot in fuel costs! You don’t need that much solar on your home, garage, in your yard etc. to produce enough electricity to fuel an EV 100% with solar. For...
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Is it ‘useless’ to put solar panels on an electric car?
A Tesla Model 3 owner with his portable solar-charging unit. Putting solar cells onto a car and/or using portable solar units to charge an EV is apparently a flash hot button issue for many electric...
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YouTube video provides good overview of solar panels on electric car potential
This 15-minute video [above] from the YouTube channel Electric Future takes a close look at the questions of where we are at in terms of integrating solar cells into cars and whether it is worth it...
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Breaking into that solar EV — and Sun Miles® — smile!
I’m smiling on the morning of Wednesday, May 12 because, thanks to a rooftop solar system + EV combination and an app that shows me in real time what is happening with electricity production and...
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6 months with solar = 3,700 extra kWh + 11,000 Sun Miles® for 2 EVs
A Sopris Solar worker heads up the Highline Crossing Cohousing Community Common House south roof with the last of sixty-three 310 watt Mission Solar solar panels that are part of the 19.6 kW of solar...
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Want to escape high gas prices? Tap into solar-charged driving
My 2020 Chevy Bolt parked in front of the 9.2 kW solar system that is its “gas station”. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]With gas prices rising to an average of nearly $5 per gallon in the United...
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Cranking out extra solar kWh at Highline Crossing Cohousing in Colorado
The Xcel Energy meter that is attached to 30 shared garage units at Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colo. It shows about 4,000 extra kWh produced by a 9.3 kW solar system on the shared...
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