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I came very close to a Bolt for these reasons. My local power generator offered a $75 discount on the charger, plus free charging for the car on weekends. Tha

I came very close to a Bolt for these reasons. My local power generator offered a $75 discount on the charger, plus free charging for the car on weekends. That's enormous: I could charge on weekends and drive 238 miles for free during the week. As a local commute or grocery getter, it's hard to beat free miles.

photojosh 9y ago
> free charging for the car on weekends Interesting. Made me think of how now in Australia we have so much solar installed that wholesale electric spot pricing can go $10k+/MWh negative during some parts of the day. Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks... EV charging is perfect.
- greglindahl 9y ago
  Yes, any place with a lot of solar (daytime) loves having electric cars plugged in during the day, and any place with a lot of wind (which often blows strongest at night) loves having electric cars plugged in at night. And if the car has a big battery and doesn't need to charge to full all of the time, you can use solar or wind predictions to choose when to charge.
  - WorldMaker 9y ago
    And with some "smart grid" upgrades that are proposed, a busy electric grid could even "borrow" power from that big battery of a sitting car (with nowhere else to be) in periods of high demand and then repay what it borrowed, plus "interest" once demand drops.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  > Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks Yes. https://i.imgur.com/d3JBn9t.png https://i.imgur.com/d3JBn9t.png https://electrek.co/2017/02/03/tesla-controllable-charge-load-app-netherlands/ https://electrek.co/2017/02/03/tesla-controllable-charge-loa...