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Originally Posted by cgtech
You will need panels with about 60v OCV, then a regulator won't be necessary. Otherwise, any converter will waste most of the energy. Or 4x 12v panels would work. 100w at 48v would be just a little over 2 amps into the battery. That's 2ah into a pack that's rated at least 160ah, not a whole lot of power.
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Is that 2 AH in one hour? And that doesnt account for any random cloud cover etc. So hypothetically in 8 hours in perfect conditions Id be adding 10% of the bank capacity back in? so another way of saying is if my range is 15 miles and I drive the 2 miles to my in laws Id have to let it sit for 8 hours in perfect conditions to recover that lost charge? Def not worth it.
Guess that answers my question why these Teslas don't have solar roof options lol.