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by photojosh 3062 days ago
> free charging for the car on weekends

Interesting. Made me think of how now in Australia we have so much solar installed that wholesale electric spot pricing can go $10k+/MWh negative during some parts of the day. Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks... EV charging is perfect.
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greglindahl 3062 days ago
Yes, any place with a lot of solar (daytime) loves having electric cars plugged in during the day, and any place with a lot of wind (which often blows strongest at night) loves having electric cars plugged in at night.

And if the car has a big battery and doesn't need to charge to full all of the time, you can use solar or wind predictions to choose when to charge.

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WorldMaker 3061 days ago
And with some "smart grid" upgrades that are proposed, a busy electric grid could even "borrow" power from that big battery of a sitting car (with nowhere else to be) in periods of high demand and then repay what it borrowed, plus "interest" once demand drops.
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toomuchtodo 3062 days ago
> Wondering if one day they'll be willing to pay consumer electric sinks

Yes.

https://i.imgur.com/d3JBn9t.png

https://electrek.co/2017/02/03/tesla-controllable-charge-loa...

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