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[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.”

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yes you are correct in stating that if you used your car battery for grid usage you would need to get reimbursed for that. And I gave you an easy solution. This could actually be a profit center for EV owners and if you have your car plugged into the grid at peak times, you would get reimbursed more per kWh (ie TOU) with the net metering. Win/win for everybody except utilities and fossil fuel providers.