VoltSolar
See how many solar panels your EV needs, free in 30 sec
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Thinking of charging your EV with rooftop solar? Most answers online are "it depends" or an installer's sales pitch. VoltSolar shows the math, free with no sign-up. Pick your EV (75+ models), your US state and your daily miles to see: • How many solar panels you need • The installed cost • Your cost per mile: solar vs grid vs gas • If a home battery is worth it Built on EPA ratings, sun data for all 50 states, and EIA and AAA prices. Every formula is on the site.
PH · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: specialized calculation tools · 551 launches, 66 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Energy & climate
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Climate Tech
- Electric Cars
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a calculator over public-style inputs: an EV efficiency database, state solar irradiance data, and panel and cost assumptions. A solo builder could assemble that dataset and a UI quickly.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 253 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #90 of 254 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 286 days after the earliest competitor.
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- EV Charger & Panel Check · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- Solar Energy Calculator · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Home Energy Calculators · ph · 2026-10-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- EVPick · ph · 2026-11-13 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- ChargingNear.me · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Helio · ph · 2026-10-26 · 77 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- WattWise · ph · 2026-10-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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