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It costs about 35¢/kWh to charge at a Supercharger location (comparable to gas price). Electrify America charges 48¢/kWh. For people who can’t charge at home o
by Robotbeat 4y ago
It costs about 35¢/kWh to charge at a Supercharger location (comparable to gas price). Electrify America charges 48¢/kWh.
For people who can’t charge at home or whatever, solar car charging could be a huge benefit, and it doesn’t matter in that calculation that utility scale solar is theoretically at like 4.4¢/kWh. Optimal angle, etc, is just a much smaller effect.
Rolled into the price difference above: there’s the cost of buffering the solar power to be charged at the right time, needing land for the solar panels, needing land for EV chargers, EV charging equipment, charge/discharge from storage, conversion inefficiencies, etc.
- bluGill 4y agoFor most people noted enough sun falls on their car to handle their normal driving. Between bad angles, shade and other stuff cars will never be close to the ideal for charging.
- Robotbeat 4y agoHave you done the calculation? You have a source for “most people”? (Also, is there a problem if only 25% of people find it useful? That’s still 25%…)