charging electric cars without an inverter

[wilburc]

Now those are 2 big issues- anyone else have any first-hand knowledge of charging with DC and voiding warranties?

[Naptown]

But will the Leaf accept any thing other than an AC supply? I believe the charge control is onboard the car not within the charger. You also run the risk of voiding the waranty on the battery bank by doing so.

[wilburc]

I'm not sure why you would you say it wouldn't be practical or cost effective- The approach I am interested would use less parts (no inverter) and should be more efficient b/c the energy wouldn't be converted to AC (causing a loss) and back to DC (causing another loss).

[Naptown]

Although I am sure something could be engineered it may not be practical or cost effective.

[wilburc]

Is anyone familiar with any systems that will let you charge an electric vehicle (i.e. Nissan leaf) directly from pv panels? Ideally this would involve just a charge controller which would eliminate the need to convert to AC and then back to DC again-

Will