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Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by foobarian on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @12:33PM (#40133859)
Would be a no-brainer to cover warehouses and parking lots with solar and charge the fleet yourself for even less.
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Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by MBCook on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:56PM (#40134942)
Even if you’re not charging the fleet, you can power the warehouse.

As long as you’re using less electricity from the grid overall per day, you’ll save money in the long run.

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Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by Symbiote on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:22PM (#40134518)
Except the vehicles are probably in use during the daytime.
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Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by Retric on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:48PM (#40134829)
It’s common to have a mix where some trucks make 1 route per day and others do several. So you can optimize by rotating loading times, spare vehicles, and having some onsite batteries.

Solar > battery means DC fast charging gets to skip AC>DC losses which are significant. But you don’t need to use 100% of solar’s output to save a lot of money.

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