Charging your electric car with solar power

E-mobility that pays off

Driving sustainably for the future of all – this is possible with your own electric car. But what’s important here is to charge with green electricity – and ideally from your own photovoltaic system, since the energy to power the car is then not only 100% clean, but it is also extremely cheap.

Advantages of e-mobility with solar power

☀ Cost savings
Charging with solar power from your own roof is cheaper from day one.

☀ Increased self-consumption
If you use more of your own solar power, you save more and feed less electricity into the grid.

☀ Reduced CO₂emissions
For a smaller ecological footprint and improved air quality: electric cars do not produce exhaust fumes.

Charge an electric car with solar power and make driving more affordable

Solar power from your own photovoltaic system is the most affordable form of electricity. This makes e-mobility especially attractive and sustainably rewarding for owners of a PV solution.

There are also economic benefits, in addition to environmental benefits such as emission-free travel. By charging with low-cost energy, not only does your own electric car pay for itself more quickly, but the photovoltaic system also delivers a full return on its investment even more quickly.

In the long-term, cars powered by electricity also achieve further savings compared to cars with conventional combustion engines, as they are far easier to maintain.

Drive with your own solar power

The more electricity you use from your own photovoltaic system, the faster the investment pays off. If you are using your self-generated electricity not just for heating, cooling and operating electrical appliances, but are also charging your electric car with solar power, you are increasing your self-consumption sustainably.

Fronius Wattpilot: Intelligent charging with solar power

The Fronius Wattpilot is the smart charging station for all those who want to charge their electric car at home or on the go.

Cost-effective charging
Use surplus energy from your own photovoltaic system*
Intelligent charging modes for flexible and plannable charging
Easy operation and an app for a better overview and greater flexibility

* Additional components are required for PV-optimized charging. All details can be found in the operating instructions.

More about the Fronius Wattpilot

Charging an electric car with solar power – here’s how it works Here’s how you can harness the energy from your own roof for use throughout the home.

Photovoltaic modules With home systems, usually mounted on the roof, the solar cells turn the incident sunlight into electrical energy.

Inverter The heart and brain of every photovoltaic system. The inverter converts the generated direct current into alternating current, which can then be used in the home. In addition to this, the inverter optimises the yield, controls the energy flows and ensures the photovoltaic system is working correctly.

Fronius Smart Meter Our intelligent electricity meter optimises energy management, and therefore self-consumption.

Charging box The recharging point for electric cars. Simply plug in and charge vehicles with electricity from the grid, or from your own photovoltaic system.

Photovoltaic modules

With home systems, usually mounted on the roof, the solar cells turn the incident sunlight into electrical energy.

Inverter

The heart and brain of every photovoltaic system. The inverter converts the generated direct current into alternating current, which can then be used in the home. In addition to this, the inverter optimises the yield, controls the energy flows and ensures the photovoltaic system is working correctly.

Fronius Smart Meter

Our intelligent electricity meter optimises energy management, and therefore self-consumption.

Charging box

The recharging point for electric cars. Simply plug in and charge vehicles with electricity from the grid, or from your own photovoltaic system.

Photovoltaics Solar modules and an inverter form the basis of a sustainable energy solution. Here’s how you can produce electricity for your home on your own roof.

Energy storage devices for 24 hours of sun If you upgrade your photovoltaic system with a solar storage system, you can even use your own electricity when the sun is not shining.

E-mobility with solar power If you charge your electric car with solar power from your own roof, not only are you driving with green electricity, but it is cheaper too – you do not have to pay for electricity from the grid.

Hot water You can also use your self-generated electricity to heat water – for showers or heating, for example. Your photovoltaic system will then pay for itself even more quickly.

Photovoltaics

Solar modules and an inverter form the basis of a sustainable energy solution. Here’s how you can produce electricity for your home on your own roof.

Energy storage devices for 24 hours of sun

If you upgrade your photovoltaic system with a solar storage system, you can even use your own electricity when the sun is not shining.

E-mobility with solar power

If you charge your electric car with solar power from your own roof, not only are you driving with green electricity, but it is cheaper too – you do not have to pay for electricity from the grid.

Hot water

You can also use your self-generated electricity to heat water – for showers or heating, for example. Your photovoltaic system will then pay for itself even more quickly.

Increased yield due to more control of the photovoltaic system

With our free monitoring tool Fronius Solar.web, you always keep an eye on your energy yield and consumption, and can therefore get more from your photovoltaic system.

Ensure functionality
Shorten the payback period
Identify power guzzlers
Analyse and optimise energy consumption
Keep the system up-to-date
Save more money with customised upgrades
Extend your warranty free of charge

More about system monitoring

E-mobility for commercial customers

Are you interested in e-mobility solutions for your company?

We provide intelligent photovoltaic and charging solutions for commercial enterprises.

E-mobility for businesses

“The reason why we opted for the Fronius Wattpilot Go is simple. It is mobile, and that is very important to us. You can take it with you everywhere you go. It means I can charge my car where I want, and when I want.”

Gernot Gugerbauer,
Electric car driver and Fronius Wattpilot user

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GEN24 und Wattpilot - Solarstrom für das E-Auto

E-mobility with solar power and Fronius

Smart technology

By using intelligent inverters and the smart charging station Fronius Wattpilot, Fronius ensures flexible charging concepts for all electric cars.

75 years of commitment and experience

We have always been a family business that thinks and acts sustainably, with more than 5,000 employees pressing ahead with the energy revolution for the good of all.

Made in Europe

All Fronius products are developed in Austria and more than 90% of them are also manufactured here. Sustainable production and resource-conserving logistics are extremely important to us.

Strong partners

Your nearest Fronius Service Partner – trained and certified by us – is there to support you with advice and assistance as you undergo your own personal energy revolution.

We have been developing solutions for solar energy since 1992. In recent years, we have intensified our research and development in photovoltaics and e-mobility. Our photovoltaic systems are modularly expandable, and therefore both future-proof and pioneering. And our promise is your advantage: an e-mobility solution with Fronius components offers maximum flexibility.

Our Fronius System Partners are there to support you in implementing your customised photovoltaic solution. Search our vast network of Fronius Service Partner installers for a local contact to support you in your planning, installation and optimisation.

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