Re:EVs Are Essential Grid-Scale Storage
by pornel on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:50AM
(#34518178)
Car batteries are not really comparable to cellphone batteries. Even among "lithium" batteries in cars there are multiple chemistries with different longevity and trade-offs (e.g. LFP can be kept charged at 100%, while NMC would rather not).
1. Cars have advanced battery management system with heating and cooling, which noticeably improves the battery life (e.g old Teslas have lost 1%-2% capacity per year over a decade, while Leaf about 3% per year, most likely due to lacking liquid cooling).
2. Cars won't let the battery discharge to 0%. Modern EVs even have an inaccessible reserve, so that when the car shows 0%, it's actually ~5%. Cars with vehicle-to-load/vehicle-to-grid typically stop giving power at 20% state of charge. Slowly cycling around 50% is quite gentle for the battery.
1. Cars have advanced battery management system with heating and cooling, which noticeably improves the battery life (e.g old Teslas have lost 1%-2% capacity per year over a decade, while Leaf about 3% per year, most likely due to lacking liquid cooling).
2. Cars won't let the battery discharge to 0%. Modern EVs even have an inaccessible reserve, so that when the car shows 0%, it's actually ~5%. Cars with vehicle-to-load/vehicle-to-grid typically stop giving power at 20% state of charge. Slowly cycling around 50% is quite gentle for the battery.