http://www.solarnovus.com/race-car-driver-installs-solar-to-charge-her-electric-vehicle_N7471.html Race Car Driver Installs Solar to Charge Her Electric Vehicle 14 February 2014
[image http://www.solarnovus.com/uploads/n/racecar.jpg Leilani Mnter is a biology-graduate-turned-race-car-driver and environmental leader ] Leilani Mnter is a biology-graduate-turned-race-car-driver and environmental leader Main Street Power Company, Inc. installed a 4.7kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the residential rooftop of race car driver Leilani Münter. Main Street Power, a Boulder, Colorado (US) based solar financier and owner-operator of over 50MW of commercial and residential solar assets in North America, donated the system, which was installed by North Carolina-based Renewable Energy Design Group (RED Group L3C). At their Cornelius, North Carolina home, Ms. Münter and her husband Craig Davidson now charge their Tesla Model S electric vehicle with solar energy produced from the rooftop array. Main Street Power and Ms. Münter, an environmental activist and self-described "vegetarian hippie chick", share a mutual commitment to promoting renewable energy and other environmental initiatives, and co-presented at the world's largest solar industry conference in September 2013. Ms. Münter, all too familiar with the amount of oil used in the racing industry, has participated actively in the greening of NASCAR and other environmental initiatives. With the solar array provided by Main Street Power, Ms. Münter has realized her dream to drive a solar-powered all-electric vehicle "off-track". Leilani Münter is a biology-graduate-turned-race-car-driver and environmental leader. She has been named the world's #1 Eco Athlete by Discovery's Planet Green, is a recipient of ELLE Magazine's 2012 Genius Award, has been featured on the front page of CNN, in the New York Times, and was named as one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world by Sports Illustrated. She is the fourth woman in history to race in the Indy Pro Series, holds the record for the highest finish for a female stock car driver at Texas Motor Speedway (4th in 2006), and was the first woman in the 45 year history to qualify for the Bettenhausen Classic late model race. RED Group, L3C serves homeowners, farmers, businesses, and nonprofits in the sourcing, design, & installation of on- and off- grid solar energy systems, Renewable Energy Design Group, L3C operates in North Carolina and the Southeast. They specialize in tailored solar solutions that protect residential and commercial customers against the rising cost of conventional electricity. [© 2014 Novus Media Today Group] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Canadian Utility Bruce Power adds free public EVSE EVLN: Bangalore's e2o EV use 20 'quick2charge' L3 EVSE @Rs26k/mo EVLN: MGM Resorts Woos Plugin Driving Travelers w/ L2 EVSE EVLN: Tesla files patent to juggle Sequential-Superchargers EVLN: Toyota begins testing wireless inductive EVSE on plugins EVLN: Honda MC-ß EV Lands On Solar-Powered Island r:37mi ts:50mph EVLN: Mitsubishi EV motor drive system w/ SiC inverter + EVLN: UC Davis Formula Electric builds electric racecar {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Mnter-Biology-Grad-Turned-Race-Driver-Installs-Solar-Charging-tp4668083.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
