# The Quadruple Whammy... Solar Panels, GEM, i-Miev & Tesla

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-quadruple-whammy-solar-panels-gem-i-miev-tesla/11921>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-quadruple-whammy-solar-panels-gem-i-miev-tesla/11921 "2017-01-10T19:31:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dino1963](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/dino1963/32/570_2.png) [@Dino1963](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Dino1963)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-quadruple-whammy-solar-panels-gem-i-miev-tesla/11921/1 "2017-01-10T19:31:56Z")

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Last month I went out with my buds for some Monday Night Football, Buffalo Wings and Barley Pops. As luck would have it there was a newcomer to our group. His name was Ezra. He was a friend of one of our guys, their kids go to school together and their wives know each other.

During the typical “gettin to know one another” dialogue I discover that not only is Ezra a good guy, but he’s also a car guy. Better yet, he’s an automotive journalist. (I think you know where this is goin).

Me being a total gear-head, as well as a technology enthusiast, along with the fact that I worked in the car industry for over 25 years, left me with no choice but to talk Ezra’s ear off.

Being quite the gentleman, he never let on that I was annoying him, which I’m sure I was, after all who wants to talk shop when you’re out watchin football and swillin IPA’s?

As it turned out, he loved talking about cars as much as I do. Not only that, but he is very in tuned with what’s goin on in the EV world, as well as PV and NEV worlds.

I learned that he had recently done a write-up on putting solar panels on his house, driving various electric vehicles and neighborhood electric vehicles.

Here’s the article…

> **[I Tried to Power Three Electric Vehicles With Solar Panels](http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a24009/power-three-electric-vehicles-with-solar-panels/)**
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> Powering three modern electric vehicles with my home's solar array and an extension cord. Can the sun be your endless fuel pump?

I think you’ll enjoy the article, I know I did, especially after meeting the author. 🙂

Cheers

Dino

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**Author:** ![Cleanenergy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Cleanenergy](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Cleanenergy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-quadruple-whammy-solar-panels-gem-i-miev-tesla/11921/2 "2017-01-10T23:56:36Z")

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I strongly recommend members read this article which casts a very different light on EVs and solar power to what you read in the mass media. Very detailed, very impressive and very very interesting…

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**Author:** ![emiliofcastillo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/emiliofcastillo/32/722_2.png) [@emiliofcastillo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/emiliofcastillo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-quadruple-whammy-solar-panels-gem-i-miev-tesla/11921/3 "2017-01-12T12:00:47Z")

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An excellent read, I will push this through to our tweeter and Facebook feeds as well to help draw more attention to the article.

@Dino1963 consider inviting Ezra to the forum.