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It will never work that way, except for the lucky few. Have you ever tried selling books back to the school store? They'll buy it from you for $10 when you pai
by ThunderSizzle 4y ago
It will never work that way, except for the lucky few.
Have you ever tried selling books back to the school store? They'll buy it from you for $10 when you paid $100 for it. Same thing will happen for this.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIt's trivial to prevent the power company from doing this -- just unplug your car. They can't force anybody to participate, so if they want participation they'll have to pay and pay well.
- olivermarks 4y agoBut then you won't be able to drive your electric car because it's not charged up...
- tuatoru 4y agoIn reality they'll buy back ten percent of that tank, not all of it. You'll be able to control the amount.
- geysersam 4y agoThen you'll change utility company.
- crote 4y agoEVs can still be driven when they aren't 100% full at the start of the trip. If your vehicle has a range of 400 miles and you know you only need 60 miles of range in the next 48 hours, why not sell 100-200 miles of range for short-term grid storage? You're only going to drive 60 miles, so it doesn't matter if you start with 400 miles of capacity remaining or 200 miles.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoThe difference is with the book your alternative is to not sell it back and getting 0$, assuming you've extracted all value. In the case of the car, you can choose to not sell it, and use it for driving instead. The incentives are completely different. You're comparing a scenario where they have you by the balls with a case where both parties are more or less equally powerful market participants.
- iso1631 4y agoIf you don't like the fee they'll pay you then don't sell the power back. If you don't like the cost they charge you, don't buy the power.