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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by theshrike79 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @09:15AM (#27353910)
Market-based pricing for electricity is a big thing for people who have electric cars. It'll become even bigger when vehicle-to-grid/house becomes viable in a large scale (The Ford F-150 Lightning has this feature).

Basically you can program your charger to charge the car when the electricity price is the cheapest and feed the energy back to your house (or the grid) when the price is high.

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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by benhurmarcel on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:52AM (#27355282)
> Basically you can program your charger to charge the car when the electricity price is the cheapest and feed the energy back to your house (or the grid) when the price is high.

Taking the cost of battery wear into account, I'm not sure that would turn out profitable.

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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by theshrike79 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @11:00AM (#27355382)
This is the exact place where used EV batteries will find a second life.

A 40kW car battery with 80% SoH might not be viable for EV use, but it's perfect as a battery for a solar cell system. Either at home or at a public charging station.

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