Looks like the push for electric vehicles is backfiring in California!
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IMO it only makes sense if you have solar + powerwall in a sunny area for a commuter car. You still need gas to not take forever on a trip.
Then when your roof or your batteries go nuts you get to watch everything you built burn to the ground while the fireman take your wife for a spin.
No thank you. I will take a V8.
Your username is well chosen. V8's reportedly have lots of vitamins, enjoy.
This comment gibs me diarreah
True, but a ATM only about 4% of American homes are powered by solar. And it would take a giant size array and a big eyesore to power a home fully and charge up a couple of family autos. It might fill up the roof and yard too, and drain a bank account. And that is assuming good sunlight.
The on car solar is hardly worth having as for example the Toyota Prius Prime kicks out 180 watts and on a good sunny day would add a whopping 3.8 miles of driving range for a full day charge.
Maybe in the future when they unveil Tesla's free energy machine it would start to make sense.
Until then it just sounds good until you think about it.
Solar roofs are coming... Tesla to the rescue again. Never bet against Elon
Nobody should buy a Prius, that's for sure.
Another downside of solar is it is continually getting better so 2 years later your fancy new solar home is less efficient than the new stuff. It's like having a 10 year old iPhone on your home you can't easily replace but are still making payments on.
I mainly like solar for "free" power in SHTF situations where you can't get access to fuel. People should also have a propane tank and generator out back if they're really trying to prep.
Solar, lots of batteries, as well as hydroelectric from a running water source. There are kits you can put together yourself on a riverbank. Who wouldn't want free electricity? Add in a well and a satellite dish and you're completely off the grid, and can tell the power and water companies to go fuck themselves when they inevitably come to bother you.