Flashing a solar-charged EV grin on Long Island

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Joe, from Long Island, with the Corvette he traded in for a Mitsubishi iMiEV. He fuels his new iMiEV with electricity generated by the 5.6 kW home solar system pictured at the top.

SolarChargedDriving.Com frequently gets e-mail, pictures, videos, etc. from people around the U.S., and around the world, who’ve plugged into EV + PV.

Below is a great e-mail from Joe in Long Island, New York. Joe’s been flashing the solar-charged EV grin a lot lately thanks to a Mitsubishi iMiEV and a 5.6 kW home solar system.

Thank you for sharing your solar-charged driving story with us, Joe!

Here is Joe’s story –>

“In 2000, we decided to install a 5.6 kW solar PV system and never regretted it. Even at that time I knew an EV would be in our future. In 2001 we purchased a ā€œClassic Priusā€ one of the first in our area but no plug.

Iā€™ve thought about converting an ICE to EV and even looked at some that were converted but just didnā€™t feel the technology was there. In 2005, we purchased a second generation Prius, but still no plug. I thought about upgrading it to a PHEV but I was holding out for a pure EV.

In 2012 we purchased a Mitsubishi iMiEV knowing it would be a perfect fit with our PV system and lifestyle.Ā  The PV + EV grin is so overwhelming, Iā€™m sure it will never end. Each time we use the iMiEV, knowing it is being fueled by the sun, it gives us an ā€œoh so good feelingā€.

Even the naysayers telling us that PV will never catch on and that the Prius was a waste of money back in 2001 are now re-thinking their past thoughts. Now here is the real clincher: We went from ā€œMean to Greenā€.Ā  We owned a 1984 CorvetteĀ since newĀ and putĀ 13,000 miles on it.

And guess what? We traded it in on the iMiEV! My how people change.”

–Joe, Long Island, New York

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