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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by ThatPlayer on Saturday March 12, 2022 @05:42AM (#30650488)
I don't think being charged at night is an issue when electricity use typically drops at night. Some searching shows that peak usage in the summers is about 2x the usage at 3-4 am: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42915 . You can also see this reflected in Time Of Use (TOU) plans power companies are switching to that de-incentivize electricity use during peak hours. For me this ends at 9pm, and my car (and my charger) already support delaying charging times to when prices are lower.
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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by giantg2 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @05:50AM (#30650516)
For a small number of cars, that's true. I wonder what that will look like as more of the grid switches to renewable, including solar, and adoption of EVs exceeds 50% of vehicles on the road.
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