Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce Enough?

Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by hectormalot on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:09AM (#28275964)

If you are on 15 min based pricing and charging when at home is 5 - 20x more expensive vs at nought or during the day, I think it’s a matter of time before someone releases a software update for your charger or car that coordinates charging your car with optimal energy prices.

In NL you can already get prices by the 15 minutes and sometimes I get paid to use electricity on windy and sunny days. eg see easyenergy.com. You get the prices 24h in advance, so you can even plan optimally without the need for advanced predictions.

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by monkeynotes on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:18AM (#28276105)

Agree, connected smart charging is the way to go. But the fact is if a car needs to be charged by the morning you are going to see spikes in the evening. I am rather ignorant about how often people with plug ins actually change, maybe you don't need to charge every evening.

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