Re:Everything Must Be Paid for Twice
by dghlsakjg on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:55AM
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The hard part is that car batteries have limited cycles before they must be replaced at HUGE cost. For personal backup during power outages it would work, but I have a hard time believing that many car owners would be willing to put the wear and tear on their battery.
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Re:Everything Must Be Paid for Twice
by xanderstrike on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:42PM
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EVs use more than an average home's entire daily electricity budget to go 50 miles. In an emergency you could run your lights, fridge, and water heater for weeks on an EV battery. It's really not much wear and tear.
Cars are an immensely inefficient platform.
That seems like a use that Ford is already embracing with things like the lightning.
My comment was more in line with using cars as energy storage infrastructure. I think most car owners don’t want to use their car batteries as grid infrastructure.