Charge a Tesla With Portable Solar Anywhere
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- Charging a Tesla with a Jackery Explorer 1500 and 4-100W panels yield meaningful range increase. Certainly not as much as a real charger but my estimate is that it can yield 8-16 miles or range charged per day. These miles can add up if you park for many days without using the car and could even serve to offset some standby power usage of the car in hot conditions.
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Came for the solar, stayed for the tea.
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Where did the heart spoon come from?
I stayed for the Tandoori. But no Tandoori came. I'm complaining to the manager...
@TheChallenger1000 // I held TH-cam like for the crying tears and none came.
Me too
You give a whole new meaning to "2 miles an hour so everyone can see me" and I like it! 😁👍
Lol, and that's a generous number!
I can see how this makes financial sense. I mean in a post apocalyptic world…
Get ready! Save this video offline just in case one day there is no internet due to EMP and no electricity
2 miles for each hour charging... assuming you have full sun.
I guess if your stranded somewhere, you might have enough charge to get home after a week or so..
Handy for end of days time, but all the roads would be filled with dead cars so can't use most of the roads.
Depends on how many miles a day you do. A small commute could be essentially made for free
@@spike178its best to get a monster truck then
The solar charger should have been built into the Tesla. When you got to work , there is at list 8-9 hours sitting at empty lot at work.If you could get 20 mile of charge out to it , it would make a world difference , my work is about 14 miles from my home.
Then you wouldn't be using their commercial chargers.
It's better if work simply puts in solar panels over parking lot, and installs grid-power level2 chargers, but offset by the solar... often schools/libraries do this.
One-car-sized panels are not enough to add significant charge, vs the cost
Yep, it's a great idea but at a high cost, the solar roof on new Prius Prime will charge 5-6 miles a day at peak watt capacity, but it costs over $600, which wille take over 5 years of solar charging to recoup the investment. Tesla vehicles have even larger glass roofs, i would guss the costs are much higher.
And then the homeless people in your cities can come by and take it. Very kind solar panel owners
@@vassell86Being able to charge my car even if it's just for 10 km range is priceless to me. I would pay that 600 easily to have that option
Thanks for doing this experiment. I was wondering if the Jackery would work with Tesla and you just saved me a tons of money and time to see it come true.
3 miles per hour is only worth it if youre going way offroad far from towns. great for hot countries, but then again tesla is not so great for a hot country cause it heats up interior faster. Future teslas would do well to have solar power roof instead of viewing window which benefits the driver only if youre looking at parking signs.
Tesla could make this whole thing obsolete by adding a small 200w roof that adds a small amount over time.
I would pay extra for solar on my car to keep battery drain lost from happening
If you are talking about Tesla's idea of distributed power through the atmosphere, it's extremely inefficient at best, if one could actually make it work.
That won’t help not even by 1%
Toyota did this on 2nd gen prius to turn on fan while park and thought what a brilliant idea. I would also be very interested for solar tesla as well.
I agree, but Tesla owners would lose their panoramic glass roof.
Cool! I have exactly that Jackery unit plus some Renogy panels that give me more than 400W of power total. I knew about the neutral-ground trick to fool the EVSE, but thanks for the inspiration to do it myself.
This is great. All you need now is 2 hours of your life, every day and within a year you will save $50 for your time
Hey want you to use the super chargers that's where the money is.
A charge box can be charged at home making them.nothing.
I feel like your panel tech is a good way to make it even more practical.
While this won’t work in real life for many reasons, Tesla really should let you add solar as an option.
Genius
I’ve always wondered why Tesla doesn’t create a wireless charging box for emergencies
Love your sense of humour, nice video 😂
Sir,
You can use thin sheet Dutch solar panels that can resists the drag to tap the continues sun.
I think this would be a great way to charge a Tesla while camping at a remote site! Thanks for sharing this idea!
Solar panels work, only when there is no cloud in the sky. When the sun is covered by the cloud, the charging will stop. Some battery will re-start charging after the clouds pass but some need your intervention to get it to work again. If you have the latter, you have to, like the presenter, sit close to the car and watch. For camping, the camp sites are usually in the shade, which greatly limits solar charging efficiency. You can find a spot with an unobtrusive view to the sky for charging, but then you may need to sit close to the car to watch it.
@@Ninety9924 I'm not as familiar with the BMS for EVs compared to the ones in electric bike batteries but I'm not aware of anything that prevents "restarting". The battery will pull as many amps as it can when they're available when the voltage of the batteries is low enough compared to the voltage of the charger (solar panel array). I don't know about this Tesla but I heard the Hummer EV has a direct DC port as well as the normal one.
Dang I thought you would get more miles out of that.
Thanks I can stop asking why these cars don't have built in solar panels.
Yippee hurray!! Three days ago I mentally asked the question, can an ev get charged by a Jackery Solar generator!! Thank you! The world needs more electrical engineers!!
The bonding plug tricks the tesla charger into thinking it's plugged into a wall and not a solar generator.
@@BeatTheBush see aptera motors
That's fun! I use an ecoflow delta mini and a folding bluetti 350 panel. It just fits behind the backseat of my VW e-UP! Tested the charging a few times, it works but it's inefficient. So I use the power at home at the fridge.
Perfect...about time someone did a show n tell on this .
Great JOB !!!
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This is essentially what Aptera is doing with their EV. It weighs about half what a Model 3 does, was designed with total efficiency in mind, and has enough built in solar panels to generate about 25-30 miles of range per day.
For many folks with short commutes, this would be totally sufficient, and allow them to drive almost entirely off solar power.
Rich Rebuilds reviewed an early prototype about a year ago, and Donut just did a review of a near production ready model. These things are awesome (if you don’t mind a 2 seater and some pretty crazy styling) and start around $30k. Would really like to see them succeed.
This is my first view of your channel. As TH-cam entertainment I give it five stars. As a practical example of actually charging the Tesla, not really. But as a clear demonstration of the concept, excellent! The development of higher output ultra lightweight flexible panels, and the manufacturer integrating plug and play external connectivity will make this a real thing. This video sparks the imagination, and I hope spurs such development into reality.
I live in California and need to do this, thank you for sharing & your dry humor. 🫖
Bro had a whole tea tutorial mid video ! Golden 🎉
Straight and to the point. Love this!!
I do agree that this is worthwhile.
The tea was a nice touch. I was curious if this were possible. I bought a Leaf a couple of years ago and was kinda disappointed that it didn't come with solar panels in the roof... I mean... it makes sense to me!
I wonder how much efficient could it be if the car itself had the connectors for the solar panels so you could skip the DC>AC>DC conversion
Lots. 10-20% saved each step.
It's better to connect the solar MPPT to the EV charger
The onboard AC>DC Converter can handle any voltage from -200 to +200 Volt, it will likely need only different software to work as a mppt charger. - anyone from tesla here reading this?
Why aren't Teslas wrapped in solar panels? It's insulation and charging. You potentially never need to charge it if you don't use it enough.
Because generally speaking, it's very expensive and panels are usually delicate. Service would be a nightmare. It also adds significant weight, and does not add meaningful mileage to a car of that weight and battery size. The car would have to be designed from the ground up to make this work in a way enough people would want to make money off of. I highly recommend you take a look at Aptera if you want to see what it takes to make solar work well.@@l4kr
Great video. My question is, would the added weight of the panels and battery use more power than it generates? I would love to know the difference.
The difference would be nothing. I saw a video about that where they took two Ioniq 28 (EV) one full with people and golf bags, and another one empty.
They drove the same distance at the same time and the final consumption was identical. The difference of weight between the two car was 260kg or about 16%.
So you can imagine the result would be the same with a few solar panels and a battery weighting *at most* 50kg.
Actually to be precise in their testing they observed the lighter car to consume more (ever so slightly --> 0.1 to 0.2 kWh) and they thought maybe it was the car heating that worked less as they performed this test in winter. The people's body heat could have contributed. Could also be the margin of error as no two cars are 100% identical.
@@xWris3 Maybe the Ride Heigh could also play a minor Factor, heavier Car lower = more efficent aero maybe?
I charge my electric step/scooter with 3x 300wp solar panels. I have like 35miles each day from the sun.
That's a nice setup! Seems practical for road trips. Milk tea on the go, looks delicious!
If you are hanging around the car like tailgates or camping, then this is ideal since you can guard your solar panels.
@BEATTHEBUSH. I love how he said" Tea goodness" awesome!
Wow all 3 miles for all this time. Awesome 👌.
The most entertaining and informative video on TH-cam! Thank you 😂
Nice! What’s the investment needed to make it happen? Solar panel, converter, etc.?
Good video overall & thank you for the recipe
Little surprised you didn’t give the calculation on how many days it would take for a full charge ❤️😊
So the battery is like 50-70kwh, say 300mi range, and the solar panels are 0.2kwh a pop :) 20 miles per sunny day?
I thought he said you get like 3 miles for every 7 hours of charge. A few months I guess.
Its really an ad, these were given to everyone, even PC repair shops.
This is the least effective way to charge a Tesla, seeing as your suffering the battery loss of the portable battery bank, then outputting to your Tesla which will again have another set of losses.
This video was not sponsored. On a good day you might get 10 mi from 4-100W panels, so about 24 days to go from 10% to 90% charge. Full charge would not be the uses case, you would prob just collect free miles as you use the car.
@@BeatTheBush NOBODY CAN ANSWER THIS : CAN I CHARGE MY JACKERY WITH 35,000 POWERBANKS? I KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE RIGGED SOMEHOW...I HAVE 3 OF THEM.THEY ARE REVPOWER
Why not add a stationary bike hooked up to a generator for additional power? Or even a small version of a wind generator?
All these ideas are way to low of real power to be effective.
@@KevinSmith-os5yz is there a better idea?
@@wisdomandlove1661 if this type of ev is all you have, then get enough panels on your home to effectively charge your vehicle. Something like 10kwatts worth. That would give most people about 60kwhrs of total charge, if you left it plugged in all day. Thats about the typical battery capacity for an ev. Unfortunately that's about $20K worth of panels and equipment in US dollars. Otherwise you are still using grid power to charge, which is whole other can of worms.
@@wisdomandlove1661 just fyi, if you had the ev covered with solar panels, you might have about 400 watts . The better ev's use about 200whrs per mile. So with this setup you could park for an hour and then drive 2 miles. However that does not take into account the battery losses , so,realistically you could probably drive one mile for every hour you parked in the sun. a small wind generator would produce quite a bit less power. This of course assumes you aren't using any extra power such as lights, heater, ac, wipers, etc. So yes it could work i suppose, if you lived in a nice climate and only had to drive a couple miles to work. But then in those conditions I'd probably just ride a bike:)
Above all, I must thank you for this innovative video. Why Innovative? Here you made this car charging itself.
well sorta. kinda like producing a galon of gas a day through some composter or something. its not really going to change your life, but the concept is kinda neat.
Came here for tesla and left with a new tea recipe. What a time to be alive!
These charge at about 4-5Mi of range per hour... Definitely an emergency helper. But you need to have your panels out for a long time... Great for camping.
This 400 watt configuration will like generate 0.3 kWh per hour so you'll get 1 to 1.5 miles per hour if it's a clear sunny day. I doubt even that the way the panels are not oriented in a optimized way.
You don't have to tell us you save the napkins. We know you do ;)
I do too, lol
Awesome idea ! We can even add more panel on the side of the car
I do the exact same thing. I take a one week vacation just for this purpose. I pick a store front parking lot and spend my time there. Worth it.
😂😂😂😂😂
😂 absolutely love how much detail he goes into with the tea 😂😂
and it taste like shit xD
Wrong title. Should be, how to make a tea in a tesla. :)
Just don’t do that in bay area when you are not there, otherwise when you are back there would be big hole on your windows and all the gears be all gone
So as an electric Engineer. I know the Jackery Waists a TON of power converting DC to AC doesn't it? How much could be saved if you were to dump straight DC into the car? Also to that effect... what would it take to build a DC Solar Charger for a vehicle?
I love your videos, keep it up!
Can you get an adapter that allows you to charge the car with DC from the batter as opposed to using the AC output? That would probably increase efficiency.
No such adapter exists. You can hack your own and pretend to be a DC fast charger using the existing charge port. However, that requires knowledge of the proprietary Tesla signaling protocol and likely a step up of the dc voltage to over 400-600 VDC.
Jackery should offer a flexible car solar blanket that you just can plug into your powerstation. :-D
Or maybe a solar car charger. There is really no reason to need the powerstation.
Came for the tesla solar pannels. Stayed for the tea😸
Very cooll. Going to do this with my electric scooter and travel across California this summer
British tip: don't squeeze the bag as it makes the tea bitter x
Save the tea bag to brew it again and water plants with it.
@@theuglykwan bam, plant food. I will now save my Peace Lilly
Great fun experiment, but the contain charging and draining is killing the Jackery also.
Regardless, of the results… this is awesome! I feel like such a nerd since I got my M3P. Being a previous rear wheel drive v8 racing driver
Can we charge like this while driving?
The Aptera is actually trying to make this viable, going from 3-5 miles of range added/day to around 40 which makes it actually usable for a daily commuter.
Took a look and the elephant In the room would be what about it’s crash safety rating going at 110mph with a resin shell?
@@BeatTheBush probably A LOT better than a motorcycle.
@@BeatTheBush composites are 7x stronger than steel. The Elaphe motors in the wheels allow for a larger crumple zone that was actually designed by Roush to deflect the momentum under the cabin. It has dual front airbags as well. I think those things along with Sandy Munro being involved from the beginning, it’ll be quite safe although nothing is safe at 110. 😊
@@BeatTheBush - It is basically a "High Strength Motorcycle Helmet" with Additional Steel Framework!
Maybe "Stopping Distance" is a Concern, for the 3 Wheeler, but, few people ask that!
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@@robertweekley5926 the vast majority of your braking power comes from the front wheels. Also sbkit 2/3rds kf it's weight is on the front wheels. Combine thst eith it being around 2000 lbs vs about 4000 for a model 3 and I'm willing to bet it has a much better braking distance.
Tesla should really build-in solar panels into the soon roof. Even if you just gain a couple miles. Just imagine, the car charges a little while parked anywhere.
not just the roof, make the frunk out of solar panels also. Maybe even some solar panels on the rear glass section. I would pay extra for a solar powered tesla.
@@Lowness125 well obviously a "solar powered tesla" would not be possible, but it would be neat to leave SentryMode on without range loss
I just loved this video! loved it!
Any increase if you put the winshield panel on the outside
That was very relaxing, watching you brew and enjoy your tea in the parking lot. I think a lot of people didn't understand this to be a humorous academic exercise than an actual demonstration of charging your Tesla with portable panels.
Exactly. I did this... once. Not sure if I'll do it more than a few times only to figure how and if it can work in other ways.
@@BeatTheBush My friends complained when I commented on your Facebook post about this. People are taking it too literally. I thought it was hilarious.
This explanation does make much more sense.
Thank you so much. I was on the fence whether to buy an electric car, but this video convinced me to buy another gas car. I think I am going to go with a new prius.
But Jackery SPECIFICALLY state they only recommend pass through charging (using your power station whilst simultaneously charging it) when the output is less than the input :
Jackery : 'However, we recommend this feature to be used only on your device(s) that drain less power than the input wattage shown on the screen of your power station'
Impressive bro!
I'm excited about how accessible solar is becoming even if still pricey. I was thinking of setting up a rig like this to power my chicken coop's lights and heating/cooling but i think it would take a lifetime to pay itself back in electricity savings. Did the car charge at its usual 5mph rate even when plugged into the battery?
The only reasonable reason to own this thing is for backup power purposes. Since the unit can do 1800W out, it can handle the 4-5mi/hr charge rate which is roughly 1400W.
GoHerping - Not all "Calculations" are considered! for example, if the Grid goes down, and you can't get Fuel for your Generator: how do you then "Put a Price on the Uninterrupted Power you have created for your use case?"
Or, what if you are just seeking to use less "Peak Time Of Use" Grid power, or even just "Zero" out, that part of your Grid Usage? or, use it to create Content for a TH-cam Channel, that gets "Monitized?"
you know if you pay someone to do it for you it is very pricy... but I think there are enough DIY stuff in the market that you can make good use of. you probably wants to start with a 350W portable solar panel, a battery and a manual switch which you can switch between using the grid or your battery. once you figure it out, it would be adding an Automatic Transfer Switch and expanding your panels and battery until you are all good.
i live off grid , i needed power and couldnt keep running a generator,, I have 1800w of panel and 5kw of battery and 1500w constant inverter, total cost so far 1500nz ,, got batteries free from a truck place, not perfect but fine for now,, next mission build up system so I can run my welder for a bit,, got better batteries coming, again free,, need more panels and a 6000w inverter, should cost another 1200nz to do this,, industry throws stuff away all the time like batteries , just got to go ask,,
Nice to see you hitting the road now. It opens a new source of content while remaining in line with your concept of stress-free living on the cheap.
If you want to go even further, you could install a tow hitch on your Tesla and then buy a brand new enclosed trailer for around $6k and install solar panels on the roof and set up beefy batteries, an inverter, and a portable air conditioner inside the trailer like Will Prowse did on his chanel. Throw a sleeping cot in it as well and you now have a budget camper that'll let you live offgrid whenever you want.
photovoltaic / solar thermal technician here: mentioning Will Prowse i tip my hat to you... you're on the right path Bro '
just one drawback... towing with any EV will cut your travel range by over 60%
@@rupe53 - While likely true, there are people that don't "Road Trip" each Day, or "Commute a 100 Miles a Day", like so many of my Co-workers do!
like, myself, for instance! I drive so little in my Commute, a slightly more sophisticated 300 Watts Rig, above this on presented, would cover my Commute and Shopping trips, for most Months, 6-9 Months per year!
@@robertweekley5926 ... you missed the point that adding a trailer for better accommodations would far outweigh any possible solar gain. Have you ever tried to find a parking space for a trailer at a grocery store or just driven through town with one? Yes, you could reduce your needs to suit the power available, but at what cost? It would be cheaper / easier to find the freebie charging facilities around town and bring your camp chair to gain the 5 mile range.
@@rupe53 And what happens when you decide to camp off-grid way out in the boonies where the closest Level 2 charger is 100 miles away and you only have 10 miles left in your Tesla's battery? ... but you still have plenty of sun?
You can only do Level 1 charging with the 120 Vac setup shown in this video. That's 2 miles of range per hour. However, there are split-phase inverters that you can purchase which will do 240 Vac output which then means you can do Level 2 charging at 9 to 52 miles of range per hours. With a trailer loaded up with 10 or even 20 solar panels rated at 240W each, you can charge up quick and go as far as you want from "free" ground chargers.
BTW, where exactly are YOU finding "free" ground chargers?
But, yes, you are correct about cutting your max range by hitching on a trailer to an ANY vehicle. But saying that it cuts it by "over 60%" is a bit extreme, no? It of course depends on many factors ... are you driving across flat lands or over hills and mountains? ... how much weight are you putting into the trailer? ... what is the drag coefficient of your trailer? ... have you ensured your tires are properly inflated to 32 PSI?
To reduce coefficient, manufacturers are already offering V-nose trailers since even off-gridders with ICE vehicles are already concerned about saving fuel while hauling trailers on camping trips.
As for your question, "Have you ever tried to find a parking space for a trailer at a grocery store or just driven through town with one?" ... I'm going to go on a limb here and say you live in a highly populated city and have never went on a road trip beyond your area's suburbs, correct?
Because, had you left your metropolitan area, you would have discovered that there are numerous locations within a mile or two of 99% of America's freeway and highway main exits where you can ABSOULTELY find a parking space for your car and a trailer. Where do you think truckers with their 18-wheelers sleep for the night now? Not only do truck stops with convenience stores and restaurants in them want your business but Walmart allows overnight stopovers for RVs and camper trailers as well ... it's literally on Walmart's corporate web page ...
"While we [Walmart] do not offer electrical service or accommodations typically necessary for RV customers, Walmart values RV travelers and considers them among our best customers. Consequently, we do permit RV parking on our store parking lots as we are able."
Anyways, you're asking questions that RVers and campers with trailers have already vetted for the past 50+ years ... so, do a little research and stop thinking that the rest of America is myopically constrained to the same lifestyle that you city rats limit yourselves to. If that's what you really think, then why are you on THIS channel to begin with?
your hat makes this video so much better LOL
Great info and love your humor❤
Wait till you get an Aptera. 700w from the solar panels, but the car only uses 100 wh/mile. They say it can pull up to 40 miles a day from its solar panels...
Have a pre order, but not holding my breath to see even 10miles added per day. Lowering my expectations right from the start.
@@denisbaev5479 Where do you live, Greenland? I'm pretty sure they've done their maths. The thing uses 100wh per mile, so if you have a 700w solar output, every hour of charging theoretically gives you 7 miles. I assume there are some losses there, because over 10 hours (let's say 8am to 6pm) that would add up to 70 miles not 40. But I take your point, we will just have to wait and see how it pans out in practice. Obviously, the sunnier the location, the more miles you are going to get...
I’d love to see a solar panel output 60% of their capacity. 4-100w panels and we saw 160w?
Sun was not the strongest. I saw 88W output from each 100W panel in full sun with this.
Output would have been greater if he had tilted the panels for direct sun!
@@BeatTheBush 1hr gives you 1% charg
Not to mention your actually using a nuther battery to change more than solar itself.
160w and 500w is a big difference
Just carry a small portable generator. What happens on a cloudy day or during a monsoon?
PG Tips is my favorite black tea. I recently gave up drinking caffeinated beverages including black tea and I feel better.
A whopping 3 miles 🤣
You Will LOVE 3 miles on 0%
@@angelgonzalez133 it's 0% except for the cost of the solar and the battery which you'll probably never make your money back on.
Despite the roi on the charging not being much, I do think the concept and the fact its now been done is just really cool.
Yes, independent off grid energy is nice indeed. Will get even nicer with better solar panels/stronger batteries/faster charging/possible nighttime charging in the future from the moonlight if the labels become strong enough? Nice stuff in store for the future! Always a reason to be hopeful and positive about the future!
Yes , they should all come with built in solar chargers so they can charge all day , even if you are driving
@@kuzinit2374 The amount of power vs the cost of that equipment is such a horrific ROI that is the reason ZERO Electric cars do this. It's basic math. This video MOCKS the stupidity of the average Green Idiot. He sat there for hours and thousands in equipment for 3 MILES of range.
@@mr3817 actually there are cars with solar. The Aptera and Lightyear One being the most notable examples
@@chidorirasenganz Yep, Sono Sion too. What people don't realise is that for the average car, yes a solar roof might not add loads of range, but what it will do is COMPLETELY ERADICATE phantom drain.
I'd love to drive to the airport in my EV from home and have say 40% battery when I leave the car, not enough to get home, but over the course of a week it keeps trickling in for free and gets up to maybe 65-70% charge and you return from vacation and can drive straight back. That really appeals to me.
Great tip on the Tea.
nice, you can drive half a mile in approximately 90 hours of sun!
Boy I sure love those lithium leach fields!
This is cool and all and I appreciate the content, but there's a reason cars don't come with built in solar panels to charge the drive battery. Haha Solar tech is no where near close enough for it to be a reliable source for driving day to day. As an emergency back up? Sure, but that's about the extent of it currently.
EDIT: love Jackery. Great company.
It's a very expensive jerry can :)
Thing is, if they did integrate them with cars, they could probably do it for a lot less and they could make integrated panels look pretty cool. There is free real estate on the front hood the roof and the trunk.
@@macmcleod1188 they are good for caverns. not for private cars. a portable solar panel one can generate 350W, good enough for daily need if you have the space to spread them out.
@@egaskrad I can't figure out what you mean by "caverns". Bad auto correction?
@@macmcleod1188 caravan. thanks man.
I recommend a roof rack with 3 ~500w solar panels. Have a slide out mechanism for two of them, like drawers.
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Keep up the good work. I really like your channel because you don't click bait.
I have wanted to build a car with built in solar panels
*my question* is if you have the solar going in to a ultra capacitor bank, in theory the bank should remain almost full charge even in partly cloudy days as capacitors charge much faster than batteries.... so the batteries should be charging at full speed right?
Great video! Q, what Amp should I charge my car at home? I have a NEMA 1450 on a 50 amp circuit. While using the app, I can go up to 32 amp or go down to 5 amp. What is the referral link for? They no longer give miles for that. OR did they go back to that?
Most would charge as fast as their hardware allows. Referral link gets you 1000 supercharger miles.
@@BeatTheBush thanks, i have all night to charge, so no need to push the hardware. Is slower charging pr faster charging better for battery health and longevity?
Referral for new cars has been dead for a year or so now. The only referrals are for solar.
32 amp is the max for Tesla Mobile Charger. I usually set it at 20amp-24 amp , just feel better, the slower , the better for battery life, but it is 100% fine to charge 32amp at home... If you buy the Tesla Wall charge, it can be easily hooked up with your 1450 outlet wiring , it will charge up to 40 amp something, check the Tesla Website
This would be good to use at work. I work for 9 hours so even if I get a few extra miles a day it makes sense to do. Would want a few more panels. Over the life of the car those extra miles will add up.
Tesla makes solar panels.. but doesn't offer them as a roof option .. DUMB. People willing to pay big bucks for Tesla options would certainly pay $5k for a Solar Roof on their cars.
@@KrustyKlown Well, it's just not very practical tbh. It fits some niche cases, but in general, you're far better off just putting solar on your home for a variety of reasons. For example, by adding fixed solar panels when the car is destroyed the solar panels are destroyed as well. They have contemplated the notion of the CT bed cover having solar panels on it though, likely with a wing extension option, which could be viable. Either way though, it's simply not practical for their entire lineup and presently they are building as many cars as they can by making the builds as similar as possible.
@@Zaerki Nothing Practical about a lot of Tesla options, their customers are all wrapped up in the hype, even paying for options that don't exist, lol ($15K for full self driving that isn't yet) .. and when all Model 3/Y's look the same, having a solar hood/roof would be the only symbol of Tesla stature. So why not, Musk could get $10K for that option.
@@KrustyKlown You could have substituted your paragraph with "I'm a Tesla hater" and saved us both time. Have a good day.
@@Zaerki You could have substituted your paragraph with "I'm a Tesla Cultist" and saved us both time. Have a good day.
Sorry if reality sucks for you .. Tesla sells many options that are NOT complete "Coming Soon" is what their website states for their $15K Full Self Driving that is still in Beta testing for longer than people have owned their cars, lol. The reality IS .. people like you LOVE Tesla, and will buy these over priced incomplete features just to have them .. so WTF not sell a solar roof/hood since Tesla makes solar cells ?? You people will buy them, so why not sell it?? It doesn't need to make sense, Love ain't sensible.
FYI - I don't hate Tesla, it's a great car.. hell, they use products with my Patents. What I do hate is their marketing practices, and how Tesla Cultists are blind to the deception.
Awesome TEST !
Oh man! I like that craziness.
I can see me doing that kind of stuff.
How long to charge Tesla to 100%? Thanks
Do the math??? xD
@@Owsryudie Is it a linear regression relation or the closer we get to full charge it charges faster or slower?
@@Owsryudie I guess we have to base it on average input expected on specific date of the year and azimuth is not that relevant, therefore car orientation does not change?
Teslas charges slower as you get towards 100% but solar charging is so slow it would just take anything it gives.
I don't think it ever would. The battery management system has a phantom drain more than those panels could provide
How long would it take to fully charge it?
I think More than 1 week :))
Damm that very nice!! Love it.. maybe you should try solar rolls.. if you can extra pack!! Make it more juice!!
Sounds like a lot of work for
Degrading paint 😂😂😂😂 which world do you live in
lol my car would be under sun no matter what. I love in central Cali. 😂 you can’t avoid sun… until winter
@@Mikemikeswehomenowsomeone has to always be a smart ass in the comments and show off their level of intelligence by demonstrating what little they actually know. You must not own a car because sun damage is a real and degrades the paint very quickly. Ever heard of the phrase we use during used car sales like, “garage kept” or always garaged????!!!!!!??!
@@onesikm3 Oh I’m a smart ass first and foremost. I’m going to pour up a cup of smart ass coffee and then report your comment. Furthermore, you pretty clear on what you know so I’ll leave you to solve the worlds problems then you’re really playing in on that Asian stereotype I’m sorry for your small package.
@@onesikm3 You’re such a tough guy. I didn’t know that Chinese people had balls.
Tesla should just make cars with solar panels already installed.
yes yes yes !!!
Imagine if there were a way to make the whole body of the car solar.
@@GoogleVideoMan Aptera has one.
wow! simple doing but a great impact to you this idea is really good to those who wanted to spend less in fuel especially that now fuel is indeed expensive I really recommend solar panels it is not just useful in household but actually even outside household by the way I love your videos and great content
Can this work while driving???
I'm not sure why EV manufacturers DON'T include solar panels on the roofs considering that most EVs right now are luxury cars that cost 50k+ brand new, even a few solar cells baked into the hood, roof and or trunk would be a fraction of the cost in comparison to everything else in a car such as a Tesla and it would essentially just give you free miles.
Yeah solar doesnt put out much, but for a case similar to mine: I work from home and drive maybe 20-30 miles a week to run errands in my small town. I did the napkin math the other day, If 80% of the surface area on the roof of my theoretical average sized sedan EV were solar panels (I used a mazda 3 sedan for measurements) I would theoretically never need to plug in and charge my car for most of my vehicles use, unless I take a road trip which is pretty dramatic. I would basically be saving roughly 10 Lb's worth of coal every week if it were used in a power plant to charge the car.
there are too many drawback for now 1) you said it. the output is so bad. you get like 6 miles per 8 hours of direct sunlight which you would get more by plugging it into a home outlet in 1.5 hours. 2) heat is not good to battery but to get solar power you must leave it under the sun. 3) then there are the shade and rainy days. we had a straight 3 week rainy days in the beginning of the year so you have to plug the car into an outlet anyway. putting everything together it is too much effort and too little gain
They could put three to four 400-watt panels that what I did to my Prius Prime
good point about it hurting the battery. Speaking of the heat, any AC you use to counteract the extra heat in the car from leaving it baking in direct sunlight for 5+hours, once you start driving, also eats away into any savings you got
we want videos about dogee!! btw, nice vid..
Retired industrial electrician, early retirement...Fun video, I want to test drive the Highland in Stealth Gray...
Have you considered a roof rack and a semi-permanent mounted panel?
Dude, the car loses 3-5 miles of range in a day just sitting there with the batteries discharging under their own parasitic losses. You spent how much on that inverter battery pack and the solar panels and sat there in the sun all day just to undo that parasitic loss?
You get it back in two hours, and this is just a video he made to entertain and inform. Imagine this setup camping or out in the field away from electricity instead.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
@@danimal999 Then it would just keep your battery from running down while you sat parked out in the woods for a month?
@@phillipsusi1791 maybe you can’t count? This is about the same as being plugged into a 110V outlet, which many people do. No, it’s not a supercharger, but it’s a charging solution when there is no electricity available. Isn’t that the point?
@@danimal999 Maybe you didn't watch the video? He charged the car with a 120V outlet from the battery bank. He could only do that for a short while before the battery was depleted ( and that after dialing down the current the car was charging at iirc ). It took all day to charge up that battery from the solar panels in the first place. There's a big difference between being plugged into a 120V outlet all day and night pulling 1500W vs 600W ( the minimum setting the car can charge at ) for less than 3 hours a day. The latter is only going to get you about 8 miles of range per day, and the car loses about 5 just sitting there. So I guess over the course of a week with good sun and no rain you might end up with a few ( ~18 ) more miles of range than you started with, but that's best case.
I’d rather just pump gas and go
Get a hybrid then.
The outro was the best part ☕🫖
You have something like a 40,000 watt hour battery. The solar panels will give something like a max of 400 watts at peak. That will take 1000 hours or around 125 days to charge the car battery.
your math is off, that would be 100 hours. That said, the avg is 5hr/day solar, so 100/5= 20 days for a full charge. Still bad, but not quite as bad as you claim
@@timothyn4699 I only added an extra 0 and 0 is nothing
So mush better then gas , you get to hang around in the parking lot drinking tea while you guard your equipment
This is a crude portable solar rig adapted to the car, but imagine if it was properly designed for the car. Just an engineering problem.
@@VenturaIT ok sounds great. You don’t need to charge to 100%, just enough to maintain the charge and maybe a little extra for long parking in the sun. I had this exact issue when parking for 3 months in the sun. The car drains battery to run the thermal management systems, cameras, and computers. The charge drops about 0.5%-1% per day in sunny weather.
But in a gas car if you run out of gas and no cell reception than you’re pretty much screwed. At least with a solar panel, you can make it back home in a few days. Lol
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All that for 3 MILES OF RANGE. THREE.
Portable Solar Generators would be very useful for camping trips in remote areas.
Not a bad idea to keep a hybrid car for long term storage.
Dude you’re making tea like us English! However, we put the tea bag in, and then with the spoon, we press it against the side of the cup to squeeze it (just so we can make a cuppa in about 20 seconds) haha
I have since opted to not even use tea bags due to most of the material being chemically whitened.
nice video :). electrical cars are good, but gasoline cars even better.