With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became a Force to Reckon With

Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by redserk on Sunday July 23, 2023 @01:13PM (#36837389)

I'm skeptical of a narrative where concern for the electrical grid's ability to handle load is only considered for EV growth over several years versus the air conditioning use in the current unprecedented heatwave.

Anecdotally, my A/C energy usage (compared to last year) far outweighs my energy usage in an EV.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by _hypx on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:25PM (#36839994)

Not to mention radical increases from demanding everyone switching to heat pumps plus demanding industry switch to electrified versions of everything too. It's seriously a complete fantasy to think the grid can happen all that with minimal upgrades.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by redserk on Sunday July 23, 2023 @06:31PM (#36840611)

Dominion Energy in Virginia has an even worse problem than EVs to worry about: datacenters

https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2022/RD216/PDF

If you scroll to page 66 of the PDF, it’s insane how much more demand is needed for datacenters. It completely dwarfs forecasted EV power usage.

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