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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by dghlsakjg on Saturday March 12, 2022 @08:55PM (#30657121)
Why do EVs mostly be charged at night?

We have electricity run to almost everywhere there is a road, and every building that we spend any significant amount of time in. We can charge at work or on the street during the day. Basically anywhere a car is stationary.

With the right incentives and infrastructure we can shift electric vehicle charging to daytime, or whenever there is excess generating ability coming from the grid.

Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by robertlagrant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:27AM (#30658836)
> Why do EVs mostly be charged at night?

Because most people don't drive at night.

Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by ciphol on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:56AM (#30659367)
Most people don't drive all day long either. They drive half an hour at a time several times a day, going to work or school or the mall and back. The remaining ~22 hours a day are available for charging.

If a country has abundant solar power (probably not Finland!) it would make more sense to wire up workplace parking lots so that EVs could absorb the excess midday electricity.

Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by robertlagrant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:53AM (#30660106)
Sure, but at night the car will probably be in place for, say, 10 hours, every night. Not faffing jumping between places and trying to find a public charging point. Even just driving to work and charging there is say 6 hours of continuous charging. The main block of time will still be at night.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by ciphol on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:10PM (#30664690)
6 hours charging is more than enough for work/school/shopping. On the rare occasion that you want to drive all day, you can add a night charge to that (before or after the drive as appropriate). Overall, the large majority of charging will (or can) be during the day.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by robertlagrant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:18PM (#30664760)
I'm answering the question "why are most charged at night?" There's no point reading what I'm saying in isolation!
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by ncmncm on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:39PM (#30666922)
Also: people who live in apartments will generally find it easier to find a place to charge at work.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by shapefrog on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:22AM (#30659140)
> whenever there is excess generating ability coming from the grid

That would be nighttime.

Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:02AM (#30660150)
True, though it depends on energy mix and location, and all day on weekends are also often similar. If any of your local electricity providers have a variable time of use tariff, that's a pretty good guide to when the cheapest (and often, but not always, the greenest) electricity is available.

Some EVs can automatically charge at these times, and sometimes you get discounts for charging at these times, but you can also usually just set a timer on your charger.

https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/elect...

For example the above suggests it's usually nighttime, but weekends and statutory holidays are also good.

As an aside, I wonder how much money an economy could save by having a new "cheap electricity holiday' which chooses one or two days a year that they announce a month in advance as national holidays when an extreme weather event is predicted.

Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by dghlsakjg on Monday March 21, 2022 @09:17PM (#30761792)
I live in a province where 90%+ of electrical power comes from hydro sources. Essentially we can arbitrarily scale for time of day demand to a pretty large degree.