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Re:Tesla Model 2 will have 53kWh LFP battery pack by sshine on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:02AM (#35509847)
> A privately owned car is useless battery capacity that is sitting there not driving and fully charged for most of the time while you are sleeping

That’s not necessarily true in the future. One idea I’ve heard is to use charging cars for energy grid balancing.

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Re:Tesla Model 2 will have 53kWh LFP battery pack by jillesvangurp on Monday April 10, 2023 @04:17AM (#35510232)
True, except domestic batteries will be cheap enough and more convenient. So we actually won't need the additional capacity from vehicles. Vehicle 2 grid will be possible but mostly redundant.
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