Charging your EV from Solar energy

21 Dec

Fronius in Austria recently released the new Fronius Wattpilot EV charger, which utilises surplus PV solar energy to charge your EV.

IT DOESN'T GET CHEAPER THAN THIS: CHARGE USING YOUR SOLAR POWER

As a PV system owner, you'll already know the environmental and economic advantages of generating your own energy. As the owner of an electric car, you can significantly increase your potential savings with the Fronius Wattpilot. This electric car charger can switch between 1 and 3-phase automatically and regulate its output in 1 ampere steps. This allows it to make optimal use of the surplus PV energy from 1.38 kW to 22 kW and use any surplus energy from your PV system to sustainably charge your vehicle at virtually no cost.

Your benefits: you save while you charge and make optimum use of your PV system so that it pays for itself faster.

TWO CHARGING MODES FOR FLEXIBLE E-MOBILITY

Charge your vehicle to suit your needs. The Fronius Wattpilot offers two charging modes which can be selected directly on the electric car charger or via the Fronius Solar.Wattpilot app:

Eco Mode

The preferred mode for PV system owners. It ensures that your vehicle is charged – whenever available – with self-generated solar power or the cheapest mains current.

Next Trip Mode

Next Trip Mode is for those who want to reliably charge their electric car to cover a specific journey – a certain number of kilometres – by a specific time. The Fronius Wattpilot reliably and intelligently charges the required amount. If available, surplus PV power from your own PV system is used, or the cheapest mains current.