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All electric cars take hours to charge off of 120v or 240v mains at up to 10kw. There's no way you're powering your car with even a garage roof full of solar ce
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
All electric cars take hours to charge off of 120v or 240v mains at up to 10kw. There's no way you're powering your car with even a garage roof full of solar cells this way, unless you want to wait days for the car to charge. 85 kwh is a lot of capacity to fill.
- eitally 12y agoBut if your solar panels are generating energy and storing it in a large capacitor (like Bloom Energy does) for later release, then it could -- in theory, at least -- be pushed to the car much faster than a standard 120/240v main.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoYou could buy a Nissan Leaf, which I think the the most efficient mainstream electric, and build out a really nice solar array and charge up more than a few miles a day, but the cost of that array is going to be pretty rough. All said and done probably more than the car. That's just not feasible for most.