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One person's math on the financial benefits of driving a solar-powered electric car

Good stuff from the Motley Fool this week on how solar energy on your home can power your electric car and save you money. Remember how Tesla will offer a solar option with their Roadster? Looks like it'd be a money saver. The Motley Fool writer figured out his monthly electric bill ($101) and his monthly gas bill ($180) and then used "conservative Tesla Motors numbers for power for their vehicle" to find out how much energy it'd take to drive an average of 1,500 miles a month. The next step was to figure out how many solar panels it'd take ... Read more →

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