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  • cfbrand3rdOPBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.townDC home EV charging?
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    10 months ago

    I live in central Florida. The days where solar would be unlikely to meet my EV charging needs are few and far between.

    But I’m not talking about building an off-grid home here; I’m merely saying that the article in question makes the point that solar panels generate direct current (DC) power and, as such, are ideal for charging electric cars, which store power as DC. Which is a cool, but it doesn’t address the fact that there is no commercially available solution for getting that energy from one to the other without conversion to, and then back from, alternating current.

    Simply stated, the fact that the device that creates the power and the device that stores it utilize the same form of power is meaningless if you have no way to take advantage of that fact…🤷‍♂️