Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
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Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
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#2Fire risks are also much greater at night if you are charging a BEV in your house while asleep. Far safer to charge in an open area preferably away from other vehicles and stuctures.
https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20210113.as...
Re: Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
#3Turns out the sun is out during the day.
Re: Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
#4This is simple.
Musk just needs to throw 1% of his AI talent at optimizing charging times via realtime grid negotiating and nobody will need to even think about this. Cars will turn into one of our most valuable assets as they help stabalize the grid by being both sinks when energy is plentiful and sources when it's not.
There are certain problems we all need to think about, but this is not one of them. It will effectively solve itself because all the incentives are aligned.
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#5Turns out the sun is out during the day.
And in cold climates there is a greater need for heating at night.
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#6This is a very California problem caused by very California policies
Re: Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
#7This is simple. Musk just needs to throw 1% of his AI talent at optimizing charging times via realtime grid negotiating and nobody will need to even think about this. Cars will turn into one of our most valuable assets as they help stabalize the grid by being both sinks when energy is plentiful and sources when it's not. There are certain problems we all need to think about, but this is not one of them. It will effec…
So electric car owners need to just cover all the battery wear out of their own pockets? Wouldn't that make electric cars even more expensive since battery replacement will be needed more often?
Re: Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
#8Fire risks are also much greater at night if you are charging a BEV in your house while asleep. Far safer to charge in an open area preferably away from other vehicles and stuctures. https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20210113.as...
Frankly, if a user cannot trust their EV to charge without going up in flames it is not ready for prime time and should be recalled. Period.
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#9It's not just about the rate. Charging at night happens because the car is conveniently parked at home doing nothing and EV owners want a car ready to go in the morning. Charging at EV station during the day is time consuming and is often expensive. I'm sure that the lucky few that can charge at work already do so...
Re: Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study
#10This is simple. Musk just needs to throw 1% of his AI talent at optimizing charging times via realtime grid negotiating and nobody will need to even think about this. Cars will turn into one of our most valuable assets as they help stabalize the grid by being both sinks when energy is plentiful and sources when it's not. There are certain problems we all need to think about, but this is not one of them. It will effec…
So electric car owners need to just cover all the battery wear out of their own pockets? Wouldn't that make electric cars even more expensive since battery replacement will be needed more often?
Batteries are lasting far longer than anticipated.
Anecdotally, I have fast DC charged my 2018 Model S (100kw pack) for the majority of the 100k miles I’ve put on the car, and only have 7% battery degradation. Others are seeing similar longevity well into hundreds of thousands of miles.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32758881
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/08/01/electric...
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/29/tesla-founder-ex-cto-sa...