{"id":22466,"date":"2022-05-17T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22466"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:29:17","slug":"car-dealer-solar-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22466","title":{"rendered":"A California car dealership follows Tesla’s lead by selling solar alongside EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Capistrano Volkswagen\/Mazda<\/a>, a car dealership\u00a0in\u00a0San Juan Capistrano, California, has partnered with San Diego-based solar and battery installation company Stellar Solar<\/a> to offer EV customers solar, battery storage, and EV connectivity to power their cars with clean energy.<\/p>\n

Car dealership + solar<\/h2>\n

Stellar Solar says the partnership is the first of its kind between an auto dealer and solar company in\u00a0Orange County. <\/p>\n

(We at Electrek<\/em> are wondering whether it\u2019s the first of its kind in the United Stsates \u2013 let us know down in the comments if you know of other solar-car dealership partnerships.)<\/p>\n

Capistrano Volkswagen\/Mazda owner\u00a0Miles Brandon (pictured above left) said:<\/p>\n

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It was [Stellar Solar\u2019s] tagline of Electrify Your Life that made forming a strategic partnership and offering their full suite of services to our customers a no-brainer. I\u2019m excited to be on the forefront of this and contributing to the clean energy movement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And Kent Harle, cofounder and CEO of Stellar Solar (pictured above right), added:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m thrilled to be working with such an established\u00a0Orange County\u00a0business. Going solar and offering our clean energy solutions to their customers is a perfect example of being on the cutting edge and offering what homeowners in the area are demanding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further, Stellar Solar is installing a combined 134kW solar system on the dealership\u2019s two buildings featuring 538\u00a0Q Cells<\/a>\u00a0480-watt panels. They\u2019re expected to produce enough power to offset 68% of the kilowatt hour consumption of the Volkswagen facility and 100% of the kilowatt hour consumption for the Mazda facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

Of course Tesla already sells EVs, solar, and storage. Car dealerships aren\u2019t typically at the cutting edge when it comes to EVs, so to see this one similarly embrace EVs, solar, and battery storage is exciting. And, if you go to Capistrano Volkswagen\/Mazda<\/a>\u2018s website, the ID.4 is the very first pulldown on its website, and that\u2019s unusual for US car dealerships.<\/p>\n

Car dealer-solar partnerships should be the norm \u2013 they\u2019re greater than the sum of their parts. Imagine going to buy a Volkswagen ID.4 \u2013 because these folks sell VWs, after all (Mazda is only selling 560 2022 EVs<\/a> in California alone this year) \u2013 and also being able to purchase a solar, storage, and<\/em> an EV charger. A one-stop shop makes so much sense as it makes it much easier to form a clean energy strategy and budget.<\/p>\n

The easier it is for consumers to buy into EV, solar, and storage, the more folks are going to do it.<\/p>\n

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