A private homeowner offers his electric vehicle charger to the public in Phoenix.
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The key to greater electric vehicle adoption might just be friendly neighbors … more than 30,000 of them.
Andrew Rabbitt’s at-home solar panels feed 5,000 watts of energy to a massive battery bank that electric-vehicle drivers across the West are using to charge their rides. He’s far from alone.
Rabbitt’s 10-acre property in Winnemucca, Nevada, sits on a dirt road about 10 miles south of Interstate 80, near a Baptist church and just down the road from a ranch that raises and sells livestock guardian dogs. After juicing his house and vehicle — an Airstream trailer and a 2017 Ford Focus EV — there’s still plenty of sun to go around. Rabbitt is happy for any passing EV driver to dip into the surplus. For those crossing the state, it’s an electron oasis.