Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. Cleaner power—and energy sourcing—is a more pressing concern. And he’s skeptical about the cost factor in home bidirectional chargepoints. The Ukraine war is playing havoc with energy pricing and market stability.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Does it, in essence, come down to the fact that V2G takes advantage of battery storage that would exist anyway , as opposed to requiring batteries specifically for the purpose of storing night-time electricity?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Beware of businessmen trying to make a fortune with the wish to shift to cleaner propulsion!
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Moreover, while an eventual treaty would be likely to include a cap-and-trade system, under which the world’s bigger polluters would buy allowances from cleaner corporations or utilities, it is unclear how—or even if—it would work. Leonardo da Vinci stated it best when he said, “Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication.”
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