adiggs
Well-Known Member
I can even put some numbers to the solar installation and car driving consumption, as I recently got a 3kWh solar installation put up at my house. Here in Oregon, and with the facing and shade we have available at my house, we're expecting to get around 3,000 kWh / year out of that system. I figure at 3 miles per kWh, that's about 9,000 miles / year worth of driving that solar installation will generate. Since I drive more like 6,000, I'll even get a bit extra.
That's a 12 foot by 18 foot rectangle worth of solar cells to generate about as much power as will be consumed driving an EV.
I like Doug's comment about solar cells on the garage rather than the car - seems much more effective
That's a 12 foot by 18 foot rectangle worth of solar cells to generate about as much power as will be consumed driving an EV.
I like Doug's comment about solar cells on the garage rather than the car - seems much more effective