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All you need is a ‘no selling electricity today please’ button.

by jonplackett 4y ago

ceejayoz 4y ago
Or "always leave me 150 miles of range".
- gwbas1c 4y ago
  At that point it's cheaper to buy a car with a smaller battery and use a stationary battery for grid storage.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    I might want a car with 300 miles charge for vacations, but most of the time be making trips to the grocery store. The grid might only dip into my car's battery for a 15-30 minutes at a time to prevent brown-outs while power plants spin up. There are plenty of scenarios where the EV makes more sense than a dedicated battery for it.
    - guruz 4y ago
      You might be at work (away with car) while the midday sun is filling your home battery.
      - ceejayoz 4y ago
        Sure, if you have solar, by all means get a home battery and enroll it in the same grid backup program. Makes plenty of sense. In my case, I live on a very shaded property; no solar for me. I also live next to an electrical substation, so extended outages from storms is highly unlikely; I'm first on the fixed list every time. In my case, the home battery doesn't make sense, but the EV might still. EVs as grid storage is an option that may be compelling in some areas and for some people. I think that's worth exploring.
  - goodpoint 4y ago
    No. You are going to charge up for longer trips e.g. on holidays.
tsimionescu 4y ago
How do you know when it is safe to activate?
ffmpegy 4y ago
I use an app for my home heating that lets me define a schedule every day. If I'm going out I can turn it down or off, and if I have guests over I can boost the hot water. It already has an EV charger plugin, so I'm in complete control of my selling energy back to the grid if I want to use it. Some of the comments on this post feel like the "government is coming for your guns" level of foaming-at-the-mouth. Remember the ultimate aim is to use energy more efficiently and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, not make it pointless or difficult to live life.

All you need is a ‘no selling electricity today please’ button.

ceejayoz 4y ago

Or "always leave me 150 miles of range".

gwbas1c 4y ago
At that point it's cheaper to buy a car with a smaller battery and use a stationary battery for grid storage.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  I might want a car with 300 miles charge for vacations, but most of the time be making trips to the grocery store. The grid might only dip into my car's battery for a 15-30 minutes at a time to prevent brown-outs while power plants spin up. There are plenty of scenarios where the EV makes more sense than a dedicated battery for it.
  - guruz 4y ago
    You might be at work (away with car) while the midday sun is filling your home battery.
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      Sure, if you have solar, by all means get a home battery and enroll it in the same grid backup program. Makes plenty of sense. In my case, I live on a very shaded property; no solar for me. I also live next to an electrical substation, so extended outages from storms is highly unlikely; I'm first on the fixed list every time. In my case, the home battery doesn't make sense, but the EV might still. EVs as grid storage is an option that may be compelling in some areas and for some people. I think that's worth exploring.
- goodpoint 4y ago
  No. You are going to charge up for longer trips e.g. on holidays.

tsimionescu 4y ago

How do you know when it is safe to activate?

ffmpegy 4y ago

I use an app for my home heating that lets me define a schedule every day. If I'm going out I can turn it down or off, and if I have guests over I can boost the hot water. It already has an EV charger plugin, so I'm in complete control of my selling energy back to the grid if I want to use it. Some of the comments on this post feel like the "government is coming for your guns" level of foaming-at-the-mouth. Remember the ultimate aim is to use energy more efficiently and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, not make it pointless or difficult to live life.