Dan Walker: BBC Breakfast host hits out after being called 'shameless' for home life query

Another added: “Go all the way Dan. Solar panels or solar roof tiles, powerwall, electric car. Mr Tesla can he use the car battery to power the house as well as the powerwall?”

“Depends how you think you’ll use the vehicle. If you don’t use a lot of battery each day and don’t need it full charged every day, just use a normal 3-point socket to keep it trickled up,” a third person commented.

However, one Twitter user was less than impressed and accused Dan of “looking for a company to come and provide his option for free” by sharing his query about the environmentally friendly cars on social media.

They wrote: “Dan – most of us do a search on the internet for this info and then decide.