News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030. Parent comment

Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by ip26 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:02PM (#35843764)
Air conditioning peak load is 2-7pm, 5.5kW. EV peak load is like 7pm-1am, 6-12kW (and can be dialed back).

Frankly they are complimentary. If you have the service to run AC, you already have the service for an EV.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by smileysteve on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:13PM (#35844464)
Exactly. And modern thermostats and modern electric cars can work around each other, around grid usage dynamics while also extending the average driver's battery life because 8 hours of sleep doesn't require full speed charging.
[ Parent | on HN ]