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Share-based Compensation (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2022	Jul. 06, 2022	Feb. 28, 2021	Jan. 24, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense					$ 3,718,000	$ 5,789,000
Stock-based compensation expense					3,095,000	5,789,000
Unrecognized share-based compensation expenses					$ 9,663,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition					2 years 6 months
Solar Juice [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and vested	106,250	272,502
Exercise price	$ 7.26	$ 2.11
Weighted-average grant-date fair value	$ 4.19	$ 4.36
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense					$ 3,095,000	$ 4,593,000
Unrestricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense					$ 793
Granted					505,000
SJ Cayman Options [Member] \| SJ Cayman [Member] \| Xiaofeng Denton Peng [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and vested			1,500,000
Exercise price			$ 1.92
Phoenix Stock Option [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted					888,000	2,040,500
Exercise price					$ 1.63
Exercise price					$ 1,700	$ 1.72
Phoenix Stock Option [Member] \| Phoenix [Member] \| Xiaofeng Denton Peng [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and vested				1,050,000
Exercise price				$ 1.29
Equity Incentive 2015 Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period					229,888	184,000
2021 SolarJuice Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| SJ Cayman Options [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and vested						1,529,290
Exercise price						$ 1.92
Weighted-average grant-date fair value					$ 1.72	$ 1.72