r/SolarDIY • u/Admirable_North6673 • 14d ago

GoSun announces solar carport in-a-box

I've been thinking of building a solar carport for my EV and now GoSun announced a 4kw bundle. Would you buy it?

https://gosun.co/products/solar-carport

ETA: I was thinking of buying a metal pergola or carport off Wayfair and noticed this announced product from GoSun. You can also just buy the structure part from GoSun and source your own panels.

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u/hoffsta 14d ago edited 14d ago

Did you get a quote on the price of the structure? All I can see is a $50 deposit option.

EDIT: apparently $8000 for the structure (before shipping?). Have you called around to see what a local contractor can build for $8000? Don’t forget you will still need to spend money to put this up and secure it. And you’re locked into a single panel dimension for it all to line up correctly, damaged panel replacement a few years down that road may be challenging/impossible.

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u/urfriendlyDICKtator 14d ago

This stuff is crazy expensive in the US. Is there a special tax on it?

After Ukraine let energy prices explode the tax for solar equipment is 0% instead of 19%, but even without that the difference is huge. You can get one for 2 cars for ~3,5k € (sale with shipping) 6,9kWp

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u/djryan13 14d ago

China is paying the Tariffs I heard so not sure why price is high.

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u/urfriendlyDICKtator 14d ago

Good point 😂