Dino juice v Electrons....
Towing just got longer....A LOT LONGER...(and harder) Well....I guess it would work.....if you're retired....and like to wait around at charging stations half of your life.....and like to play soli...
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shelbyfv wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Yes but that's not considering smarter usage of the power produced. OP's link doesn't show what he thinks it does but it is interesting. At close to 11AM it shows demand at about 26,000MW and capacity at about 43,000MW. A good bit of excess this time of day. Demand is expected to increase steadily until a peak of near 35,000MW at 7PM. Plenty of opportunity to smooth out that curve. Charging EVs during periods of low demand, then having them send power back to the grid in the evening to run our ACs is already possible, not pie in the sky.
Right now, it's mostly related to intermittent energy sources (ie: wind and solar). But if the grid is struggling now and you are increasing the load by 20-30%, you can't expect it to be better.
Most cars aren't at home in the garage mid-day.
Using them as batteries to feed back into the grid during peak periods is an option but most people aren't going to be happy wearing out the single most expensive part of their car making up for a failing of the power grid system.
