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To be very honest, I feel like the car culture in the US gives every household a potential large battery to sustain their house with. In a future where every ca
by govg 4y ago
To be very honest, I feel like the car culture in the US gives every household a potential large battery to sustain their house with. In a future where every car is an EV, every American house has two giant batteries, if not more, hooked up to it all night.
- mcone 4y agoBut what happens in the morning when people wake up to an empty car battery and they need to drive to work?
- govg 4y agoA) How much electricity do you think is consumed at night? ( US average daily consumption is 30 KWh) B) How much electricity do you think can be stored in a car battery? (Tesla batteries are >= 50 KWh ) C) What happens to existing sources of renewable power that will continue to operate at night? ( They can still provide a baseload that accounts for any shortfalls )
- shuger 4y agoIf you use your car as battery during the night it won't have energy in the morning when you need it. It defeats the purpose of having a car.
- govg 4y agoModern Teslas can store double the daily usage of a US average household. And that's assuming you have literally zero generation at night (hydro / nuclear / geothermal / pumped storage ).