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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by causality0 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:20PM (#34423059)
A standard US dryer outlet is rated for 30 amps at 240v. For a sustained rating of 80% that's 5760 watts, which at 4 miles per kwh is 23 miles per hour, not 30.

Frankly it would take a hell of a lot to convince people to be ok with getting home, plugging their car in, and having the charge level go down instead of up. I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with it.

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by themitigating on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:40PM (#34423502)
Why wouldn't you be comfortable?
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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by causality0 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:22PM (#34433260)
Because I might have to go somewhere without hours of notice. Maybe I need to go somewhere I can't leave the car plugged in. Maybe I'll get stuck in a traffic jam. Maybe I'll have to drive to a hospital a hundred miles away, as has happened before.

I might sign up for this if my household kept at least one ICE vehicle, but not otherwise.

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by themitigating on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:57PM (#34446222)
I think you're view is based on politics.
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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by causality0 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @06:38PM (#34447218)
What politics?
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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by sokoloff on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:57AM (#34423852)
A 15-50 outlet is the most straightforward part of the problem to solve here I think.

Paying people the right price for their V2G supply will go a long way to making them comfortable, I think. The ones that aren’t don’t have to.

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by ciphol on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:46AM (#34424065)
Imagine you get home, plug your car in, the car runs your home heating for the remainder of the evening for free, then you go to sleep and the car recharges for cheap. Sounds like an attractive proposal?
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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by causality0 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:30PM (#34432619)
It would have to be quite a difference in how much power costs, at least 25 percent or more.
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