In Europe they even have electric ships. I haven’t heard of any grid issues there. Fully Charged Presents Electric Ferry With 4.1 MWh Battery:
ttps://insideevs.com/news/349545/fully-charged-electric-ferry/ Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, November 24, 2022, 1:17 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: Bill, I don't have any axe to grind here, but the issue was about providing power to charge long haul trucks. While I think your argument works well for small trucks and domestic cars, I'd like to see what you have to say about long haul trucks. I highly respect your points of view. Peri << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> ------ Original Message ------ From: "Bill Dube via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: "Bill Dube" <billd...@killacycle.com> Sent: 23-Nov-22 14:55:48 Subject: Re: [EVDL] the grid needs upgrading - fast >No need upgrade the grid. None. Just need a few incentives and a little >intelligence. > >There is a lot of misinformation about this, here on the EVDL even. > > >>>>>> Grid capacity problem ? >>>>>>>>>>> > > There is LOTS of power available on the grid, just not at the peak times >of the day. No problem what-so-ever. EVs are _driven_ during the day, and are >charged when they are parked, during the night. Provide an economic incentive >to folks to change off peak and the grid capacity "problem" vanishes. > > >>>>>>>> Solar power is during the day, while you are at work. How do you > >>>>>>>> charge from solar? <<<< > > It is a power grid. You put power in at one location, and you can take it >out at another. This is what it does. Use it. > > If your home solar panels are providing surplus power to the grid, you can >draw it out from a location other than your home to charge your EV. It is >simply a matter of giving the grid operator incentive to take a reasonable fee >for doing this. Legislation, financial incentive, public sentiment, etc. No >brainer. > > >>>>>>> EV power is no different than washers, driers, stoves, electric heat, > >>>>>>> etc. <<<<<< > > The grid has gone through decades of constant evolution. It has very >nicely adapted and upgraded with the advent of air conditioning, electric >heat, and power hungry home appliances. > > As EVs slowly ramp up in popularity, the grid operators will adapt. EVs >and EV chargers can easily be quickly switched off and back on to "park shave" >during periods of peak load. The grid operators simply have to decide on which >of the many methods they want to use to talk to your EV or your charger, and >offer you an incentive to participate. > >Bill D. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >No other addresses in TO and CC fields >HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20221124/fe901544/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
