Re:US Electric Car Sales Report
by imglorp on Sunday February 04, 2018 @03:54PM
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I came very close to a Bolt for these reasons. My local power generator offered a $75 discount on the charger, plus free charging for the car on weekends. That's enormous: I could charge on weekends and drive 238 miles for free during the week. As a local commute or grocery getter, it's hard to beat free miles.
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> free charging for the car on weekends
Interesting. Made me think of how now in Australia we have so much solar installed that wholesale electric spot pricing can go $10k+/MWh negative during some parts of the day. Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks... EV charging is perfect.
Re:US Electric Car Sales Report
by greglindahl on Sunday February 04, 2018 @11:02PM
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Yes, any place with a lot of solar (daytime) loves having electric cars plugged in during the day, and any place with a lot of wind (which often blows strongest at night) loves having electric cars plugged in at night.
And if the car has a big battery and doesn't need to charge to full all of the time, you can use solar or wind predictions to choose when to charge.
Re:US Electric Car Sales Report
by WorldMaker on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:51AM
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And with some "smart grid" upgrades that are proposed, a busy electric grid could even "borrow" power from that big battery of a sitting car (with nowhere else to be) in periods of high demand and then repay what it borrowed, plus "interest" once demand drops.
Re:US Electric Car Sales Report
by toomuchtodo on Sunday February 04, 2018 @11:51PM
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> Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks
Yes.
https://i.imgur.com/d3JBn9t.png
https://electrek.co/2017/02/03/tesla-controllable-charge-loa...