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EVs these days have a lot more battery capacity than many people need. Like, if my car is 50% depleted I can still use it for 3-4 days for anything I’d need to
by audunw 3y ago
EVs these days have a lot more battery capacity than many people need.
Like, if my car is 50% depleted I can still use it for 3-4 days for anything I’d need to do.
Main point for me if the power goes out would be to keep the refrigerator and freezer going. Those will be fine if I go on a quick trip. Family will be fine too. We have flash lights. Seriously, I dot understand why you’d think that would be such a bad scenario?
Many people live in areas that aren’t all that car dependent anyway. I can just walk to the grocery or hardware store.
The size of modern EV batteries are so big that many people will likely see their batteries degrade due to age rather than charging cycles. I go through like 1-2 cycles a week, and those are 20-80% cycles of slow charging, so very gentle on the battery.
I would love to get some extra value out of that battery with V2H or V2G. I really don’t think it’ll shorten the life of the car significantly.
It’s possible that many early generation EVs need one battery replacement in their lifetime regardless. Isn’t it then better to have had some of that cost covered by making some money from V2G?