What is solar charging?

What is solar charging?

Solar charging allows you to charge your EV using energy harvested from solar panels. There are two modes of solar charging:
  1. Clean energy:
  • All energy used to charge your EV comes directly from the solar panels.
  • Charging sessions may not start if the solar panels don’t provide at least 6 amps of power.
  • If solar energy is insufficient, charging will not begin.
  1. Mixed energy:
  • A minimum of 6 amps is drawn from the grid, while the remaining energy comes from solar panels.
  • If no solar energy is available, the charger will continue to charge using only grid energy at 6 amps.

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