With solar energy, the cost of your trips will melt away like snow in the sun. Simply connect your electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle to a home solar charging station. Welcome to your new fueling station and save money!
No more costly refueling, which means you have to stand in line more and more often to get fuel! With the electric car, you can make one trip after another without polluting or breaking the bank. On the one hand, the autonomy of vehicles is now close to 500 km. On the other hand, recharging can be done at home without any cost. Indeed, the rise in electricity prices does not risk causing a short circuit in your battery. All you have to do is connect to your solar-powered charging station. This is a brilliant device that will brighten up your journeys!
2,60 € for 100 km
That's the average cost of recharging an electric car at home at EDF's blue rate.
Drive electric
As soon as electric cars are launched on our roads, they are caught in a flood of criticism. As the price of electricity rises, the cost of filling up the tank may well increase. As for the production capacity of the vehicles, it seems to be under pressure due to the shortage of semiconductors. These famous electronic components which come mainly from Asia, whose production has slowed down considerably since the pandemic.
However, many Cassandras risk getting burnt by the power of the electricity fairy! The electric car is a major advance in mobility and energy transition. It has a carbon footprint of 100 g of CO2 per kilometer, whereas an equivalent internal combustion vehicle emits 200 to 250 g of CO2/km.
In addition to this environmental advantage, there is a financial one. With an average consumption of 18 kWh/100 km, the charge of an electric car at home - at the regulated EDF rate of 0.1740 € - comes to 2.60 € for 100 km. Knowing that a car has an autonomy of about 500 km, a full tank costs 2.6 € x 5 = 12.96 €.
- Bright idea
- Choose to recharge at home rather than in supercharger stations where the price is about 3 times higher. For example, the price is €0.46/kWh in the Tesla network of charging stations.
Plug in at home
The savings trail leads to filling up at home. It remains to be seen how long it takes to fill up the batteries. For example, it takes about
3 hours and 20 minutes to power a compact sedan, such as the DS4, with a conventional 2 kWh socket. With an 11 kWh outlet, the time is limited to 45 minutes.
Depending on the use of the vehicle, it seems necessary to equip yourself with a home charger. A Walbox-type model costs about 2,000 €, including purchase and installation. This device is accompanied by an energy transition tax credit equal to 75% of the purchase price up to a limit of €300 per charging system. It should be noted that this charger may require an increase in the home's electricity bill. Otherwise, a reinforced domestic plug, such as Green'up 3.2 kW and 14 A, can be considered. As an example, it takes 2.5 hours to recharge a DS 3 Crossback E-Tense and get a range of about 50 km.
- Bright idea
- For the installation of charging stations, ask for the agreement of the co-ownership syndicate or the landlord if you live in a collective building. Some companies offer turnkey packages and take care of everything from the installation of the charger to the billing of the energy.
Recharge with solar energy
If there are concerns about our ability to produce enough electricity, they should not deter us from the electric car. On the contrary, there are alternative solutions that allow us to be completely autonomous in powering our cars. They consist in using solar energy to ensure the operation of charging stations installed at home. By transforming the sun's rays into electricity, photovoltaic technology is an innovative solution for recharging your vehicle.
The solar installation is used to recover solar energy and use it for personal needs, it is self-consumption. A solution developed by the platform www.monabee.fr that allows to recharge autonomously even at night. Indeed, when the panels cannot produce, the start-up proposes a virtual storage. A clever formula that relies on a Solar Savings Account at Monabee which allows to save the electricity produced but not used.
Here is a good formula that runs on green energy while producing nice savings on its electricity budget!
- Bright idea
- Thanks to your solar energy production, you enter into a self-consumption system. The principle is simple: you use the energy that your panels produce in real time. And you will never again waste time looking for a public charging station!
Christophe Raffaillac