Glossary / General

solar

9 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Solar means using sunlight to make electricity with special panels. You can use this electricity to charge your electric car at home instead of buying fuel.

Technical Definition

Solar refers to the use of solar panels to generate electricity from sunlight. In the context of electric vehicles, solar power can be used to charge EV batteries at home, reducing reliance on grid electricity or fossil fuels.

Hear It Discussed

"if you're getting solar and the battery you could maybe look at having"
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"So from an Overlander standpoint, having that much power, being able to make power and have solar, I mean, my solar was doing like 175 watts of input at like 12 and a half amps or something like..."
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"They might live in a house that has solar and charge their EV at home."
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