Ford electric car buyers get 2.5kW Solar charger discount
Post date: Aug 12, 2011 8:14:02 AM
Drive Green for Life - 2.5kW Solar $10k
Ford’s Focus Electric and C-Max Energi
Ford’s “Drive Green for Life” program can get the 2.5-kilowatt solar-powered charging station for under $10,000.
Monitoring through iPhone application
It will produce an average of 3,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough for a car owner who drives 1,000 miles per month
GM Chevrolet Green Zone program
Ford's competitor, General Motors, in July announced a program named the Chevrolet Green Zone program that will install large solar arrays at some of its offices and dealerships, including solar canopies that can charge G.M.’s Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids parked underneath.
source: ecoseed.org
Solar-panel discount
offered with electric car
Pay only $10ooo instead of $18ooo
Electricity in the United States is generated by coal-fired power plant so solar cuts CO2 for Electric cars
source: finance.ninemsn.com.au
Sun power - Ford electric car solar recharging
source: ecoseed.org
Drive 1,000 miles - 1600 km / month for Free
( 50km / day or 20.000 km /year for Free)
Cutting costs from $230 to $54/month
SolarCity estimated that San Francisco residents spend on average $230 a month on gasoline if gas is $3.65 a gallon. Powered by electricity equal to a gallon of gas, charging an electric car from the grid cuts the cost to $107 if the power came from the grid.This compares with charging an E.V. with solar energy costing just $54, the company said.