• @rusticus@lemm.ee
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    11 year ago

    The best solution is having EVs plugged into the grid at night. VTG is the easy solution to peaker needs.

    • @DarthBueller@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      Then you are getting into the issue of the power company eating up your charge cycles on your EV battery. Who pays for the fact that my battery now has half the design lifetime due to constant cycling because it’s feeding the grid?

      • @rusticus@lemm.ee
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        11 year ago

        These are easily solved details. For example, by providing power on the grid you are in essence a power company. Perhaps you get reimbursed based upon what you provide. You know net metering is already a thing, right?

        • @DarthBueller@lemmy.world
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          11 year ago

          I’m just saying that we might need to get away from the idea that a car battery is solely an owner expense. They’d have to be subsidized or there would be huge equity issues. And yes “I do know about net metering,right.”