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How much Solar Power can be generated with an investment of $150,000 per Supercharger station?

I just listened to the Conference Call of the Supercharger Announcement again. And I heard Elon Musk say that the cost per Supercharger would be about $150,000 without Solar, and about $300,000 with Solar. So, the investment in Solar will be about $150,000 per Supercharger location. And if you would add it up for all the Supercharger locations all together that would make $150,000 x 200 locations = $30,000,000 in total.

The sunlight is free, all the rest costs money.

I would like to know if Tesla Motors invests an amount of $150,000 in Solar Technology at a certain particular Supercharger location, how much Solar Power will then be generated (per day/week/month/year) with such an investment?

And my next question is: "Will Tesla Motors invest $150,000 at the actual particular Supercharger location itself, or will they combine all the amounts of all the Supercharger locations and build one huge Solar Power Plant to generate Solar Power for all the Supercharger locations ($150,000 x 200 locations = $30,000,000)?"

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