Power your Electric Vehicle with Solar - Solar Powered EV Charging Systems

Learn how to charge your electric vehicle with solar power in this informative video! We'll go over everything you need to know to make the switch to renewable energy for your vehicle charging needs. Say goodbye to relying on fossil fuels and hello to a more sustainable future. Follow along and discover how easy it is to charge your electric vehicle with solar power.

00:00 Overview Solar Powered EV Charging
2:47 Solar-only EV Charging
3:19 ESS EV Charging - Self Consumption
5:17 Solar Boosting

We are NAZ Solar Electric, formerly known as Northern Arizona Wind and Sun (NAWS). We have updated our name and our look to reflect who we are in 2023.

What hasn't changed: Our ownership, our team, or our commitment to our customers.

NAZ Solar Electric, or NAZ, is a supplier and distributor of solar equipment based in Flagstaff, Arizona. For over 40 years, we’ve designed systems and provided technical support for residential and commercial customers across the U.S.

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[davidcain]

Excellent information video, James and I have worked on several solar designs over the past 8 years. NAZ has been a national solar distributor since inception. We have designed several residential & commercial systems together while purchasing the equipment and installing them as well. James has also taught a number of session for the local college. He is a natural presenter of high quality solar information that is technical yet understandable to the general public. I trust his solar system designs and highly recommend using this valuable resource that provides honest, accurate and reliable systems to produce your own energy and power for your home and now vehicle! I tell everyone including my students, "If your living in the southwest United States, and not using a solar energy system, 🌞you re an idiot". 😎

[Davesivak]

James you always provide excellent content.

[davidpatrick]

A bit of trivia, .. in the early 1980s I met a man in So Ca who had a car he made that ran 120K without ever plugging it in or have fuel. It was all solar. It was also in one of the "back to the future" movies. Only solar charge (lead acid) and I can't imagine what he'd think of today with the LiFePO4 and such. He converted a VW bug to a three wheel and made a two seater with a long windshield, extreme aerodynamic. He had it specially made to have no parallax problem. The cells were basically his whole dash board, under the clear shield. It was really neat. pb

[chrishall]

great video, What is new on the horizon? Can I control the system remotely?

[SDA-Sound]

I’d like to do this, but skip the AC conversion step. Is this possible? Solar panel to battery storage to EV charger?

[JohnEnergy]

Is there a EVSE like: PV in DC direct to car batterie?

[judywu-hamel]

Hey Naz, i got an EV with Solar on the top of my car how can i take advantage of my car to generate energy.

[JohnEnergy]

I'm barely driving my EV. A low power Solar generator around 1Kw would do the trick for me... A portable system would be crazy... is this possible?

[superliegebeest]

And what kinda price we are talking for an off grid solution? I need to cook electric. Have two ac units. And washing machine ect. That needs to have a battery. Plus that battery has to have a surplus to store the electric needed for the ev. I understand u don't need to load to the max every day. But overtime u want both batteries to be full. I am connected cted to the net. But it would be nice if I could get rid of another bill

[Alperic]

hmm.. pv to micro-inverter to main-inverter to charger to batteries - to inverter - to device… .. whats the final efficiency? 65%.. 60? even less?? ….micro inverter seem like a royally dumb idea when considering all aspects of their usage

[quickquote]

One day your Solark high frequency, transformerless inverter is going to fry your EV's onboard charger and void your EVs warranty because it lacks any galvanic isolation between their DC boost stage and its AC output. The MOSFETs in all inverters eventually fail, when they short to ground, without a transformer to block DC current, it can pass high Amperage DC current through to your EV's onboard charger and smoke it. You should be using a transformer based inverter instead if you want to charge EVs.

[Madsci-zywm]

If you intend to charge an EV with a standalone (off grid) or emergency backup power solar system. It's important to consider the technology that's used in the inverter. High frequency, transformerless inverters provide a much lower surge capacity and a shorter life expectancy than heavy duty, low frequency, transformer-based inverters. Additionally. high frequency, transformerless inverters do not provide any galvanic isolation between its DC boost stage circuitry and its AC output which can allow high amperage DC current to pass through to your EV's onboard charger and damage it. You may be able to use a high frequency inverter to charge an EV short term, but it would just a matter of time before the MOSFETs or IGBTs in this inverter fail and you can kiss your EV's onboard charger goodbye.

A much better and safer choice if you want to charge your EV with solar is to use an inverter or power station that uses low frequency, transformer-based technology in its design. Low frequency inverters can handle high surge loads for at least 3x their continuous rated capacity and they can do this repeatedly, without sustaining damages to their MOSFET transistors, for minutes, rather than the milliseconds that a high frequency inverter offers. And because low frequency inverters use a transformer, they provide galvanic isolation which protects your EV's charger. That's why the big-name brand inverter manufacturers like Schneider Electric, Outback Power, Sigineer Power, Magnum Energy and Victron Energy and others, all use a low frequency topology in their design.