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Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020) by danans on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:55PM (#31984149)
> Adding millions of electric cars in a short time would be a problem for sure, and it would likely lead to coal and gas turbine power plants as those are cheap and quick to set up.

In LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) terms new coal plants aren't cheap, in fact they are much more expensive than solar and wind [1]. New combined cycle gas plants are cheap, but the global natural gas price spike has changed the opex situation considerably, so LCOE will trend upwards.

EVs are actually a great match for intermittent renewables since they provide their own storage, and are therefore time dispatchable. They are also usually charged overnight when wind is typically available and demand is lowest.

1. https://www.lazard.com/media/451905/lazards-levelized-cost-o...

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Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020) by breadloaf on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:45AM (#31986606)
Yes, let's completely ignore fact, that solar does not work over night, time when most people are instructed to charge their EVs.
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Re:Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped (2020) by danans on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:54AM (#31988210)
You might have missed this sentence I wrote:

> They are also usually charged overnight when wind is typically available and demand is lowest.

There are also other overnight carbon free sources of energy like hydro.

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