Electric vehicle charging cost
Interesting article, Gas is cheaper to fuel than a Tesla, which on top of charging cost, has a battery which apparently depreciates $1000 a year. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4160351-tesla-model...
Forum Discussion
When people say there electric car is being charged with solar power I like to ask where that increased demand for power to charge their car will come from.
As electricity currently has to be generated as it is used all the renewable power is being used, at any one time, as it is generated so any additional demand , like plugging in your electric car, will require some other power plant to increase output to charge your car. This other coal or gas fired generator will pick up the output to support the new demand to charge the electric car.
So in reality all charging of electric cars is done by a fossil fuel power plant. The exception to this may be if you have solar panels on your house and you disconnect them until you want to charge your car and the only use them for the charging of your electric car. How many people do this?
The power companies utilize all renewable resources first and any additional demand has to be generated via conventional sources.
Someone will now say that we will not need conventional power plants someday but until commercial grade batteries exist that can economically store gigawatts of energy fossil fuel power plants will be required. Solar plants only make electricity when the sun shines and wind only when to wind blows. Sometimes at night the wind does not blow and you may still want lights and power at your home!!
As electricity currently has to be generated as it is used all the renewable power is being used, at any one time, as it is generated so any additional demand , like plugging in your electric car, will require some other power plant to increase output to charge your car. This other coal or gas fired generator will pick up the output to support the new demand to charge the electric car.
So in reality all charging of electric cars is done by a fossil fuel power plant. The exception to this may be if you have solar panels on your house and you disconnect them until you want to charge your car and the only use them for the charging of your electric car. How many people do this?
The power companies utilize all renewable resources first and any additional demand has to be generated via conventional sources.
Someone will now say that we will not need conventional power plants someday but until commercial grade batteries exist that can economically store gigawatts of energy fossil fuel power plants will be required. Solar plants only make electricity when the sun shines and wind only when to wind blows. Sometimes at night the wind does not blow and you may still want lights and power at your home!!
