Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by StanislavPetrov on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:51PM
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And where does the electricity come for those chargers? Huge swaths of the USA are experiencing rolling blackouts right now because there isn't enough electrical capacity.
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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by twarge on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:01AM
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And the car batteries can supply peak demand instead of having a blackout.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by mcbits on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:19AM
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I hope that doesn't mean I plug in my car at 80%, hoping to top it off for a long trip, but since everyone else is averaging 60% and there's peak demand, it decides to drain the battery and generously put a dollar in my account.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by kalleboo on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:31AM
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It would most likely be opt-in, as a form of this is already a thing in some place - you can choose to have the power company reduce the power of your cooling/heating during peaks in demand in return for a discount on your power bill.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by adrianN on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:14AM
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Try building some generators? Renewable energy is cheap and a perfect match for charging cars, just adjust the charging current to match current generation.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by dotancohen on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:57AM
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Rolling blackouts are being experienced because the delta between high day usage and low night usage is too great to invest in upgraded peak-capable infrastructure. Charging vehicles at night will actually _improve_ the situation.