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by shiftpgdn 2035 days ago
The sun and wind? If everyone went to smart charging infrastructure your vehicle could easily stay topped up during excess generation.
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> If everyone went to smart charging infrastructure your vehicle could easily stay topped up during excess generation

...and yet from today's headlines:

British coal plants fired up to meet temporary electricity shortfall. Remaining UK coal plants, including Drax, supply 6% of grid’s electricity to cover power supply drop and colder weather

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/26/british-coa...

Also note:

"renewable electricity was in relatively short supply in western Europe too, meaning the UK would need to keep running its coal plants while exporting power to France and to the Netherlands via cable interconnectors"