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Hardware store backup generator => $500 - $2000 vs EV => $8000 - $40000 Bidirectional charging infra => $2000 - $5000 PV => $5000 - $15000 Heat pump => $50
by aftbit 2y ago
Hardware store backup generator => $500 - $2000
vs
EV => $8000 - $40000
Bidirectional charging infra => $2000 - $5000
PV => $5000 - $15000
Heat pump => $5000 - $10000
That's an awful lot of money that you're proposing people spend in order to cover a rare occurrence. Of course there's day-to-day value in having all of that which a backup generator cannot provide, but in a power outage, you'd probably rather just have the cheap gas generator, and maybe a $1000-ish "solar generator" (i.e. battery pack with inverter) that you can use to load-shift the generator. Run the genny during the day to charge the battery; run the fridge, lights, and phone charger from the battery overnight.
- therealdrag0 2y agoThere is no additional infrastructure for plugging a vehicle like Hyundai that supports V2L into a generator socket. Except a 20$ adaptor. You only get 15A from it but that’s enough to run key functions for 5 days silently and exhaust free.
- loeg 2y agoV2L is very different from V2H, but sure, you could charge your laptop and phone or whatever.
- therealdrag0 2y agoYou can run your fridge and freezer, you can run your (gas) furnace, and your lights. That’s most people’s core requirements, and a typical car battery can do this for 5 days. I’ve also heard of people watching tv on it.
- fragmede 2y agoand TV these days often means laptop anyway.
- loeg 2y agoWith a forest of extension cables? Or are you talking about powerizing the existing sockets (V2H)?
- therealdrag0 2y agoSince the comparison was between a generator, I left out the generator inlet you need. But that’s like <1k$ install. The car replaces the generator but the inlet is needed to breaker box either way. Here’s video summary https://youtu.be/ZmmhOXsIRjw?si=eZh_MCWJjhrwNpm9 https://youtu.be/ZmmhOXsIRjw?si=eZh_MCWJjhrwNpm9
- loeg 2y agoCool!
- josuepeq 2y agoYep, ran my refrigerator, my router and my modem with an inverter on my Chevrolet Bolt EV after blackouts from a large windstorm in California knocked power out for a few days. The trick with Bolt EVs is that one must have the car on, because the high voltage battery will not engage when the car is off for safety reasons. Also, the car shuts off every hour of unless the seatbelt is fastened. This is not a big deal.
- BLubliulu 2y ago[dead]