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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valhalla360 wrote: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.
Shelby is just the next Yosemite…ya feeding back the grid with your EV….I can’t even begin to explain how ignorant that notion is….
And the now, much revered Ford Lightning, that will power your house during a blackout…again DO THE MATH or stfu. Yes it’ll provide power for a little while, but then you have to charge it back up… it’s not even a good option for camping. Yes the Gasser ford with the PTO driven generator does these things. But the lightning claims are simply marketing for those who s uck at math and are gullible.
