Peder Norby, a Stellar Solar customer,
is powering his car and home with solar power. Peder, who is a San Diego County Planning Commissioner, and his wife Julie have their home in Carlsbad and their Mini-E electric car which Peder drives 16,000 miles a year, both powered 100% by a Stellar Sunpower PV System.
Peder says, “We can stop the oil flow when we drive with solar and we can also save money and our environment at the same time.”
Back to the Future with a Solar-Powered
Electric Car!
By using your home solar energy system to recharge your Electric Vehicle (EV), you can turn back the clock 50 years on your transportation energy costs. And do your part to protect the planet while you’re at it!
The electric car is here today with Tesla, Mini-E, Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf all launching EV’s in 2010. By 2012, nearly every major manufacturer will be offering some version of a plug-in Electric Vehicle or hybrid including popular models such as the Ford Fusion and Toyota Prius. Instead of filling these cars up at the gas station, you recharge them overnight in your own garage. And if your home is solar-powered, your car is also solar powered!
But what’s really surprising is the cost. As the chart below explains, a typical gas-powered car currently costs about 15¢ per mile in fuel cost. Drive an EV plugged into the power grid and your cost-per-mile is more than cut in half -- to 5.7¢. Plug that EV into your solar-powered home and your car fuel cost drops down to as little as 2¢ per mile! That’s equivalent to 39.9¢ per gallon gasoline in a gas-powered car!
Using solar energy to power your home is a great idea… using solar energy from your house to power your car, too is an even better idea! Stellar Solar is leading the way to that brighter future and can assist you in planning a system for your home and your electric car needs.
The Solar Electric-Powered Car: Equivalent to 39.9¢
Per Gallon Gasoline!
| Gasoline Car | Electric Car | Solar Electric Car | |
| Fuel Cost | $3.00/gallon | 20¢ per kWh | 7¢ per kWh |
| Car Mileage | 20 mpg | 3.5 mi per kWh | 3.5 mi per kWh |
| Cost per Mile | 15¢ per mile | 5.7¢ per mile | 2¢ per mile |
| Cost to Drive 400 mi/month | |||
| 1 Month | $60.00 | $22.80 | $8.00 |
| 1 Year | $720.00 | $273.60 | $96.00 |
| 10 Years | $7,200.00 | $2,736.00 | $960.00 |
| Cost to Drive 1,000 mi/month | |||
| Monthly | $150.00 | $57.00 | $20.00 |
| Annually | $1,800.00 | $684.00 | $240.00 |
| 10 Years | $18,000.00 | $6,840.00 | $2,400.00 |
| Note: Cost of 2¢ per mile is equivalent to 39.9¢ per gallon gasoline | |||
