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Re:Tesla's Dieselgate by bryanlarsen on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:59PM (#36934058)
The word you're looking for is "peak". Marginal capacity describes both the last piece added and the first piece removed. It can apply to both our usages, and since there's a better term for your usage...

> When the car is being used for daily commute, yes, but not when travelling (IIRC the majority of gas consumption is caused by long-distance travelling in my country).

Citation definitely needed, I strongly disbelieve this.

Even our 500 miles trip mostly use night energy -- charge overnight for the first 320 on cheap night electricity, add 200 halfway in between at expensive rates, and recharge to full at destination at cheap night rates.

> Do you have a source for that?Because me personal experience suggest the opposite actually.

First one that showed up in my Google: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/ma...

Even where it's not true, the production delta between night and day is lower than the demand delta between night day, so wind provides a disproportionate share of power at night.

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