Solar-powered EV charging · UK-wide
Drive on sunshine.
Your roof can make the fuel your car runs on. Solar Self Drive designs and installs solar-powered EV charging for homes and businesses — panels, batteries, carports and smart chargers that let you charge your electric car from your own sunshine instead of the grid.
Reviewed 17 September 2026 · Reviewed by the Solar Self Drive editorial team
Your roof, your fuel
Charge from electricity you generate
0% VAT
On domestic solar & battery, UK-wide
One team, sun to car
Panels, battery and charger, together
Own your miles
Electricity from your own panels has no unit price — you paid for it once, in the array. Charge the car from it and a large share of your driving becomes genuinely free, while surplus you export is paid for through the Smart Export Guarantee.
Charge while you're parked
Cars spend most of the day sitting still. A smart charger quietly feeds them surplus solar as it's made, and a battery banks the rest so you can top up after dark — no forecourts, no queues, no rapid-charger prices.
Built around your car
Your roof, your driveway and the way you drive are all different. We size the panels, battery and charger to them — from a single home charger to a solar carport or a full fleet setup — so nothing's over-specified or left short.
How it works
From the sun to your car
Five simple links in one chain. Solar Self Drive designs and installs the whole thing so each part works with the next.
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The sun
Free fuel, every daylight hour
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Your panels
Turn daylight into electricity
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A battery
Store it for after dark
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Smart charger
Sends solar to the car
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Your car
Miles made from sunshine
What we do
All services →Home Solar EV Charging
Rooftop solar and a smart charger, working together so your car fills up on the electricity your own roof makes.
Learn more →Solar Carports
A canopy that shelters your car and generates its charge — ideal when the house roof isn't right for panels.
Learn more →Solar + Battery + Charger Packages
One integrated system — panels, home battery and EV charger — designed to charge your car day or night.
Learn more →Off-Grid & Portable EV Charging
Charge where there's no mains supply — remote homes, land and sites — with standalone and portable solar.
Learn more →Business & Fleet Solar Charging
Power vehicles and premises from on-site solar — workplace charging, destination points and EV fleets.
Learn more →Who it's for
Solar-powered charging isn't one product. It's a fit for a driveway, a rural plot or a depot — here's where it makes the most sense.
You've gone electric — now the bills have followed
You love the car; you're less keen on the home electricity bill it brought with it. Solar turns that new load from a cost into the reason your panels pay off faster.
You don't have solar yet
Most people we help start with a bare roof. We design the panels, charger and any battery together, so the whole setup is built for charging a car from day one.
The grid doesn't reach where you park
A remote home, a paddock, a holiday let or a work site with no suitable supply. Off-grid solar and battery charging turns 'we can't charge here' into an EV location.
You run vehicles for a business
A van fleet back at the depot by day, or a workplace car park full of staff EVs. On-site solar is often the cheapest fuel a fleet can buy — and a visible ESG win.
The savings angle
The cheapest miles you'll ever drive
Public rapid charging can cost several times what you'd pay at home — and charging at home from the grid still means buying every kilowatt. Charging from your own solar changes the maths, because the electricity your panels make has no unit price at all.
We won't invent a savings figure for you — it depends on your roof, your tariff and your mileage. Instead we survey your property and give you a personalised estimate you can actually rely on.
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Free daytime miles
Surplus solar goes straight to the car at no unit cost.
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Paid for what you export
Surplus you don't use earns money via the Smart Export Guarantee.
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Cheap off-peak top-ups
A battery and a smart tariff fill the gaps at the lowest overnight rates.
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0% VAT on solar & battery
Domestic solar and storage currently carry zero-rated VAT in the UK.
What solar EV charging actually involves
A solar EV charging system has four working parts: solar panels that generate the electricity, an inverter that makes it usable in the home, an optional battery that stores it, and a smart charger that decides how much of it goes into the car. Each part can be bought on its own, but they perform best when they are sized together — which is why we design them as one job.
The most important design question is when you can charge. If the car sits on the drive all day, panels alone can cover a large share of your charging, because the smart charger follows the sun and sends the car whatever the house isn't using. If the car is away at work, a battery lets you bank midday generation and charge in the evening, and a smart tariff can top up overnight at off-peak rates.
Roof orientation, shading, available space and your consumer unit all shape what is possible, which is why every project starts with a survey rather than a generic quote. Our how it works page walks through the steps from enquiry to installation.
Not every site has a conventional roof or a grid connection near the parking space. For those, our solar carports put the panels over the car itself, and off-grid and portable charging covers remote plots, holiday lets and work sites.
Businesses have their own considerations: vehicles that return to a depot at the same time each day, workplace charging for staff, and the load a fleet places on the site's supply. Our business and fleet solar charging service is built around those patterns.
If you're starting from nothing, home solar EV charging and the solar, battery and charger packages are the usual starting points. You can read more about who we are on the about page, or send us the details through the contact form and we'll reply by email.
Questions drivers ask us first
What is solar EV charging?
It's charging your electric car from electricity your own solar panels generate, rather than buying it from the grid. Panels on your roof or a carport power the home first, then a smart charger sends the surplus to the car — so a good part of your driving runs on free daytime sunshine.
Do I need to already have solar panels?
No. Most of our customers start from scratch — we design the panels, any battery and the smart charger together as one system. If you already have solar, we can add a compatible smart charger, and a battery, to it.
Can I still charge on solar if I'm out all day?
Yes, with a battery. It banks the midday sunshine so you can charge the car in the evening, and on a smart tariff it also tops up from cheap off-peak grid power overnight — so the car is ready each morning whether you were home in the sun or not.
Do you install, or just give advice?
We design your solar EV charging setup and arrange the whole job — survey, quote and installation by qualified, accredited installers. You deal with one team across the full chain from panels to plug. We reply by email; there's no phone line and no cold-calling.
Ready to charge your car on sunshine?
Tell us about your home or business, your car and how you charge today — we'll design it around you and send a fixed quote. No cold calls, ever.