lne937s
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I was looking around at solar inverters and was thinking that it would be great if you could order a integrated grid-tied inverter/car charger. Run the 220v line to one loaction that does both. It would be a great way to promote EVs in their cleanest application (using renewable energy). When ordering your car, you could get the solar capacity installed to power it. A small 1.5 kW system could easily provide enough electricity to offset the ~200kWh/month needed to power the car. With solar panels comming down to less than $2 per watt and all the incentives available, you could potentially generate your own zero emission energy to power your car for 20 years for the same cost as a couple of years worth of gasoline in a conventional car.
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=150-141
For a larger home system, when the sun is shining, you could send more power to the car than from a typical 220v line-- potentially bypass to send ~12kW DC with no conversion losses (to charge the car from empty in less than 2 hours, like level 2.5 charging), switching to regular level II charging when the sun isn't shining. A system that size would also easily provide enough electricity to offset the energy needs of a large house-- basically eliminating all home energy bills.
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=200-312
For an even bigger 48 kWh Level III system, you could relieve the burdon on the grid from charging during the day (when many people may quick-charge, but electricity demand is higher). It seems like much of the circuitry needed to make the quick-charger function (3-phase line, transformers, etc.) is already a part of the larger industrial inverters, so integrating the two may reduce cost/energy losses over having two seperate systems...
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=200-355
(Btw- I have no connection to the website I linked to, it was just one site I was looking at)
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=150-141
For a larger home system, when the sun is shining, you could send more power to the car than from a typical 220v line-- potentially bypass to send ~12kW DC with no conversion losses (to charge the car from empty in less than 2 hours, like level 2.5 charging), switching to regular level II charging when the sun isn't shining. A system that size would also easily provide enough electricity to offset the energy needs of a large house-- basically eliminating all home energy bills.
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=200-312
For an even bigger 48 kWh Level III system, you could relieve the burdon on the grid from charging during the day (when many people may quick-charge, but electricity demand is higher). It seems like much of the circuitry needed to make the quick-charger function (3-phase line, transformers, etc.) is already a part of the larger industrial inverters, so integrating the two may reduce cost/energy losses over having two seperate systems...
http://www.atensolar.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=200-355
(Btw- I have no connection to the website I linked to, it was just one site I was looking at)