Saturday, February 6, 2021

Charging a Tesla with a solar trailer - nope.

This youtuber tried adding solar panels to a trailer, and finally got it charging – but only when it was stationary.


https://youtu.be/9uE6eaZRBcQ

This blogger notes that his math was wrong, and it would take 10,000 of his panels to charge merely at the rate a wall outlet does. Supercharging charge speeds would take even more.

"Unfortunately, it would take quite a few solar panels even to bring the trailer up to wall outlet levels of charging speed. The Tesla Model 3's maximum charging rate is 7.7 kW—assuming the same 75% efficiency, that's 10,267 solar panels. And that's just to get the Model 3 fully-recharged within an 8-hour workday."

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/can-you-charge-a-tesla-model-3-with-a-solar-panel-trailer/

Using one of these pre-built trailers would be easier. 

https://www.mobilesolarpower.net/products/ms-series-solar-generators/

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