I hope this takes off and comes down in price fast. I would love to see where it was cost effective to go off grid. Then the power companies could stop whining about solar producers paying their way.
The one thing that I really like about solar charging my car and getting so many solar powered miles each year.
That is also the thing that makes it much harder to go off grid.
I charge twice a day sometimes 2 1/2 - 3. two times is 24 kwh that is without using any power at my house on a rainy day that adds up to needing a lot of storage.
The 2015 Chevy Volt has a 17.1 KWh battery pack or the lead 24 kwh.
I bet we can pick these up at junk yards in a few years for a good price.
The then we be having controls so we and use these at our houses.
It would be so cool to build a 4 pack of these in a out building to be more energy independent.
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