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Reflecting on 10 years of SolarChargedDriving.Com — and on 10 years of solar + EV

September 4, 2019

Ten years ago, on Sept. 8, 2009, I launched SolarChargedDriving.Com into the world -- and on to the World Wide Web. A decade later and more than 1,200 articles and blog entries, thousands of photos and dozens of videos, and nearly 300,000 unique visitors from well over 100 different countries later, SolarChargedDriving.Com is still here!

Colorado vanity license plate promotes Tesla, EVs, renewable energy

Christof Demont-Heinrich

August 26, 2019

On my way to work today in my 2017 Chevy Bolt, I saw an older Tesla Model S P85 in front of me with a vanity plate that probably a lot of of Tesla owners in Colorado would love to have: TSLA EV.

5 electric cars all parked in one parking lot in Boulder, Colo.

Christof Demont-Heinrich

July 23, 2019

So, the density of electric cars in the United States is quite variable with some states, for instance, California, seeing much more EV penetration than others, for instance, Mississippi or Kentucky.

Tesla Supercharger station in Las Vegas.

Tesla Supercharger stations are running on solar-generated electricity

Christof Demont-Heinrich

July 18, 2019

The photo above represents THE future of "gas" stations in the USA --> The fully solar-powered fast-charging electric "gas tank". This Tesla Super Charging station, complete with a massive roof of solar panels, which generate the electricity that flows into the Tesla batteries charged there, opened recently in Las Vegas. Tesla has quite a few more of these around the USA.

Picture of Tesla dashboard with Tesla Sentry Mode on

Bad guys beware: Tesla Sentry Mode is watching — and recording — you!

Christof Demont-Heinrich

July 13, 2019

It still hasn't seeped into wider public awareness that many cars are now equipped with video cameras that can, and do, capture people's every move. This is true whether they are a hit-and-run driver, a vandal, a would-be car thief, or a texting driver who has just rear-ended a car with a video system.

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.

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