Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by peyton on Sunday September 04, 2022 @09:55PM
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It’s actually pretty difficult to imagine round trip AC to DC to AC in people’s garages being competitive price-wise but who knows? Maybe in colder climates where cooling is less of an issue.
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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by epistasis on Sunday September 04, 2022 @10:16PM
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It's all about the delta of low-cost to high-cost electricity. Most utilities are introducing time of use plans that expose customers to prices closer to the wholesale markets.
A few kWh from the middle of the charge range has about zero cost to battery life, and the owner has to pay the carrying costs of a car anyway, so their costs will be less than the cost of dedicated grid storage for those few kWh.