Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
by moogly on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:06AM
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A Tesla battery is only good for ~1500 full charging cycles though.
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Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
by Factorium on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:37AM
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The car is charging and discharging daily anyway. The key is just to do it at certain times.
If people can make serious money from the vehicles just from charging/discharging, there's also a big motivation to design batteries with longer lifecycles.
Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant
by moogly on Sunday October 03, 2021 @06:50AM
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I mean, charging at specific times makes total sense, I totally agree (and there are currently (heh) ways to do that). But for vehicle-to-grid discharging, I'm not sure if the economics make sense. Someone smarter than I would have to do the calculus, but it's quite difficult to put a pricetag on the utility of actually driving the car.