Excellent idea. Should be expanded in all sunny States/places with government assistance to accellerate the process.

A $0.05/gal tax on fossil fuel would over the initial cost over 5 to 10 years.

EVs are a good thing (we are told).
PV is a good thing (we are told).

But there is no need to mix them up.

The only synergy I can see is using a large PV array as a marketing device.

Nothing wrong with that, but you won't save the world with it, you might just flog a few overpriced KwH.

I'm with mahonj.

This is probably a marketing device. An excellent one, way better than a billboard since it harnesses solar power.

But, I worry that now the government will buy in and they will follow the Puget Sound bureaucrats and fund a bunch of these for their Leafs.

Instead the money (our money) should be for EV subsidies so we can choose which HEVs, BEVs, PHEVs, REVs, FCEVs (or whatever) we think is the best value, - and we get to drive them.

What did the total unit cost and how many kilowatt hours will it gather during the next year? Remember solar power is no more than 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity per day per square meter of solar cells. The people who promote solar electricity claim that it is free and unlimited so they should be taxed 5 cents per kilowatt hour to give infinite money to California. ..HG..

Based on 20 years, the cost per Kwh of the latest PVs is getting closer but is still about twice that of large wind turbines and Nuclear plants. However, when distribution (loss + cost) of centralized produced power are fully considered, the net difference is as low as 25%.

Future lower cost, higher performance, PVs will compete favourable with centralized power plants for certain applications.

Covering outside sunny parking places (at home and at work + shopping centers etc) with PVs could keep electrified vehicles cool while recharging the battery packs. A competetitve $0.15/Kwh charge could pay for the installation in about 10 years.