{"id":8061,"date":"2020-08-07T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:41:43","slug":"solar-panels-on-a-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/solar-panels-on-a-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panels on a Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, have you ever wondered about bolting solar panels on your Tesla? And why don\u2019t all electric cars come equipped with solar panels for a sleek charge-on-the-go solution? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-1633717292\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-3103677768\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/75343\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"jesdphis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif 1179w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis-768x950.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>Recently Elon Musk in a tweet response clarified what he meant about the use of Tesla Glass in the company\u2019s electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will probably offer that as an option<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/794575003446480896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of installing solar panels on a Tesla car was proposed by Elon Musk in 2016. However, Musk later stated that putting solar panels on the car itself is not helpful because the actual surface of the car is not that much and inefficiently angled for viable solar installations. Therefore, it is not possible to install solar panels on a Tesla car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s solar panels are designed to be highly efficient and deliver maximum solar production year-round, even on roofs with complicated angles for home only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-1024x680.webp\" alt=\"tesla model 3 with solar roof\" class=\"wp-image-21597\" style=\"border-radius:3px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-1024x680.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-768x510.webp 768w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-1536x1020.webp 1536w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-1320x877.webp 1320w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/07\/tesla-model-3-with-solar-roof-jpg.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">tesla model 3 with solar roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, with improving solar technology and clever ground-up engineering, a few self-charging solar cars are just at the point of coming to market. In this video we\u2019ll delve into the practicalities of solar power for vehicles and have a look at some of the early adopters of this emerging technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solar Panels on a Tesla\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ebk_vPIUbR8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ebk_vPIUbR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar Panels on a Tesla<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cls has-palette-color-14-color has-palette-color-1-background-color has-text-color has-background\">While it is not possible to install solar panels on a Tesla car, there are lightweight solar panels that can be used to power a Tesla electric car. Paul Dastoor, Professor of Physics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, is using 18 specially-designed solar panels to power a 15,000km journey around Australia in a Tesla electric car. These printed panels offer a lightweight solution to conventional solar cells, allowing the energy system to be rolled up and stored in the back of the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information \u2139<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/i\/solar-panels\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2612\">Solar Panels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/solarpanels\" target=\"_blank\">Solar Panels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/2002\/solarcells\/\" target=\"_blank\">How do Photovoltaics Work?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saveonenergy.com\/solar-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar Energy Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-2298643969\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-4224032730\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of installing solar panels on a Tesla car was proposed by Elon Musk in 2016. However, Musk later stated that putting solar panels on the car itself is not helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1128,2612,1258],"class_list":["post-8061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovations","tag-docuvideos","tag-solar-panels","tag-tesla"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}