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portable solar array and large battery to charge up volt?

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I rent a house and can not add solar panels or a home battery to the house. I do have a large and very sunny yard to utilize. Anyone looked in to hooking up a solar array to a storage battery and then using the battery to charge up the electric car (Volt and Bolt in my case) during the night? I drive about 6 miles a day and my wife will soon get a Bolt and be driving 12 miles per day. If we have to use the home's outlets sometimes, no big deal.
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edk-austin said:
There are things like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1000W-Grid-...rEpic-Power-/351595242151?hash=item51dcb5a2a7

Not recommended, they aren't really UL or code approved, but do allow you to offset utility power with small panels.
I actually have one, but for experiments only.
No battery required.

To make an off-grid solar to vehicle power supply is quite complex, due to the minimum input power requirements of the OBCM.
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"Not recommended" - tell me more, since you piqued my interest with the link.
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