Electric vehicles combined with solar panels can pay for themselves within five years

According to foreign media reports, data from a British public utility company shows that electric vehicles combined with solar panels can recover the cost of solar panels for car owners within five years.

British Gas installed a 2.52kwp solar panel at the home of the famous actor Robert Llewellyn, who also owns a Nissan Leaf electric car. He uses solar panels to charge the electric car, which can meet the car's driving range of about 3,600 kilometers. This also means that he only consumes $8 in electricity for every 1,000 miles he drives, while the normal electricity price is $54, and the price of a fuel car for the same driving distance will cost more than $200.

Many states in the United States now adopt the Feed In Tariff program, where residents can supply the electricity generated by their solar panels to public utilities and businesses, but the cost recovery period for residents is very long. Many places will also design "meter reversal" technology, where when solar panels supply electricity to businesses, the meter can rotate in the opposite direction to reward residents.

Therefore, if an electric car travels 19,200 kilometers per year, the owner can recover the cost of installing a 2.52kwp solar panel in 4.5 years, because the repurchased electricity price can save $1,626 per year, and the savings on gasoline are about $2,600 per year.