In the coming years, an electric
car battery array might serve as a reserve for home power needs, but the technology is not trivial and does not yet exist commercially.
Not exact matches
For example, the Model S electric
car designed by Tesla Motors, a company owned by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, is powered by thousands of small lithium - ion
batteries arrayed between the
car's axles.
A 12 - 24V solar cell
array /
battery charger for cell phone, cordless drill, video camera,
batteries (up to 3
car batteries in series, or 2 - 4 nine volt
batteries plugged into each other will work.
If a person owns his own solar
array and uses power from it to directly charge his own
batteries, there might be a case otherwise, though even here the atmosphere might be better off if the solar power was sold to the utility and the electric
car was not purchased.
Plenty of lead around, from recycling old
car batteries and storage
batteries for solar panel
arrays.
Six months after unveiling its revamped
battery - powered Leaf, Nissan Motor Co is pressing ahead with plans for an
array of electrified vehicles in a bid to boost sales of the
cars sixfold in five years.