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Another satisfying win for solar: I (finally) got my HOA to go solar!

May 11, 2019

So, after a year and half of working on it, I -- along with several other hard working members of my HOA community here in Littleton, Colo. -- have persuaded our neighbors to go solar!

Using home solar to charge an electric car No. 1 way to achieve fueling independence

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 21, 2019

An all-electric Nissan LEAF parked in front of a home with a 5.5 kW solar system used to fuel the LEAF. A solar-charged electric car is a clean, green, and efficient car, one that will save you money -- and...

EVs + 100% renewables could stop air pollution — and thereby reduce allergy suffering!

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 17, 2019

I've been tested for allergies multiple times across the past few years and always the tests come up negative. Yet I have consistent problems with dry, asthma like -- and sometimes nearly uncontrollable -- coughing every spring, including this spring.

All-electric Chevy Bolt quicker than most gas cars — a lot quicker!

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 8, 2019

So, those of you who drive an electric car already know this, but it's worth driving the point home again and again and again to those who hold old, tired, inaccurate stereotypes about electric cars: Electric cars are NOT "slow"! Quite the opposite, actually!

Tesla solar shingles power a home — and an electric car

Christof Demont-Heinrich

March 23, 2019

t's amazing how much more high-tech solar-charged driving is today than it was back in 2014 when I first plugged our First Generation Nissan LEAF into solar at our home at 4000 S. Atchison Way in Aurora, Colo.

The “little” solar train that could: Australian electric locomotive runs on sun

Christof Demont-Heinrich

March 12, 2019

Yes, you CAN power full-scale trains with solar + a battery. This train has solar panels on its roof + solar panels on a storage building next to where it parks. These solar panels collectively generate electricity, which then fills the train's battery and powers the train.

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