Solar EV Charging Stations

                    Solar charging stations for electric vehicles (EV’s)The combination of solar energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging is the key in drastically reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Electricity comes from a variety of sources and it’s crucial that electric vehicles will be powered by renewables.

Electric cars are becoming immensely popular and coming years we expect nearly anyone who owns a solar energy system will install a solar charging station at its home.
For this to happen we’ll need a fundamental change in how we think about refueling our cars and a natural evolution of our energy infrastructure.

What is the change in thinking that we need? Most people believe we need to be able to charge our plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)  within 2-4 minutes, similar to pulling over at a gas station and filling up your car with gas. Even though Tesla’s super chargers are trying to do exactly that, electric charging is going to be different from what people are used to..

From now on most people will charge their electric cars with their home solar charging station while they sleep or while they’re at work.
Solar charging stations will be used for “topping off” an electric car, giving the owner enough battery charge to return home where she/He can fully recharge the EV.