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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by Sharlin on Sunday September 25, 2022 @01:18PM (#32973560)
An EV is a pretty good powerbank if one needs a car anyway.
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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by bitL on Sunday September 25, 2022 @02:08PM (#32974140)
That's a bit too steep just for a powerbank ;-)
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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by rightbyte on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:14PM (#32974915)
If you have a gasoline car you can charge in that from the starter battery.

A starter battery is about 1kWh.

Or just keep a lead acid battery around charged up and connect a ciggarette lighter socket to it.

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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by bitL on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:17PM (#32974955)
I was specifically curious about dedicated powerbanks. This discussion got sidetracked to cars.
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Re:Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages by squarefoot on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:09PM (#32977374)
This one isn't intended for cars, but apparently is powerful enough to be able to recharge one, and popular youtuber Bitluni modified it to do just that.

https://www.anker.com/eu-en/products/a1770

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE447r1mFXM

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