Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by sandworm101 on Sunday September 04, 2022 @10:20PM
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But why involve your car? The logical thing to do is install a large lead-acid battery pack for the house, one which is dirt-cheap and won't suffer being charged/discharged. Lead acid batteries of a capacity equivalent to a Tesla can be had for a few hundred dollars. Lead-acids are also infinitely recyclable and don't involve the nasty/complex chemicals of lithiums. The ideal system would be to slowly charge the massive house battery whenever power is cheap, then dump it into charging the Tesla without drawing from the grid.
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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:29PM
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Because the point is the car already has a giant battery. A Tesla Powerwall has 13.5 kWh of storage, while a F150 Lightning battery has nearly 10 times that.
And yes, V2H power can increase wear on the battery, but my understanding is that large strides have been made (and certainly will be made) in reducing the wear impact on the battery.
Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by jbay808 on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:24AM
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What "nasty" chemicals are in a lithium battery?
Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by adrianN on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:50AM
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Lithium batteries live longer than lead acid.
Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted
by Gibbon1 on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:54AM
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My company tried designing a unit that runs off a solar panel and battery. We initially designed around a lead acid battery. And as we kept accounting for things it just got larger and more expensive. We then switched to a lithium ion battery and it's literally a 1/3 the cost and a tenth the weight/size.