Makes sense:
They did a study saying that 80million cars could be plugged in and charged at night. I wonder how true that is. Our current electrical grid I would rate at a D+ at best.
California cannot keep up with demand on hot summer days. More States are having rolling black out problems along with utility control of AC and water heaters. We are at max capacity in lots of areas. How we can add more demand without increasing supply is beyond me.
Like we have talked about in the past. The key for a successful EV transition is going to be a strong updated electrical grid and everyone is kicking the can down the road.
I posted about BYD many pages back.... https://en.byd.com/
State grids perform differently off-peak than on-peak. That’s why the pricing is different for most utilities. It’s easier for the grid to be used to charge vehicles when air conditioning and office automation isn’t all running at full blast.
I’ve had this debate before and you seem to know more than most. My opinion as misguided and uneducated as it is. Wouldn’t plugging in majority of vehicles at night move it to “peak” hours. More people at home using either AC or Heaters, stoves washing machines and so on? Just me looking at my personal habits. I use more energy at night than day time.
Hello; Had the first actual rolling power blackout in my area last December. While your post used to be generally true, not sure it still can be during hot spells or very cold spells when ordinary power production has been on the edge without added demand of EV's.
I doubt it. Couple thoughts behind that…
Sorry to disappoint you, but the main answer is battery storage. That’s how wind power and solar power both work. The energy is captured and stored in a battery when the wind is blowing or the sun shining. Then the energy is dispensed when needed, especially when there is no wind or sunshine. What’s more, wanna know where these batteries come from? EV batteries that are no longer sufficient for automotive use are still very much useable for stationary power storage. So much for all the old car batteries piling up in landfills. Those that don’t get recycled or remanufactured will be repurposed for energy storage.
My buddy who lost his house when his Tesla went into self destruct mode cost him about 65 a month. He drove it to work and back, with occasional back road playing. About 100 miles a day.
We are thinking of doing solar. In AZ where I live, we can submit to be completely off the electrical grid, since we don’t live within city limits but it has to be approved. The house I’m going to get my wife down in Puerto Rico, for sure is going that direction, since it’s much easier down there to not be part of the electrical grid. We can also capture rain water down there with no repercussions either. I’m really thinking of just moving there for good. Leaving the property here to my mother in law and leave it at that.
