[EVDL] the grid needs upgrading - fast

2022-11-21 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town https://www.seattletimes.com/business/electric-truck-stops-will-need-as-much-power-as-a-small-town/ ... If power upgrades don’t start soon, the transition to electric vehicles — let alone electric trucks — will quickly be constrained b

Re: [EVDL] the grid needs upgrading - fast

2022-11-21 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
Which problem can be mitigated by having more distributed power. Like a Tesla Megapack at major truck stops. On 11/21/2022 7:09 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town https://www.seattletimes.com/business/electric-truck-stops-will-need-as-muc

Re: [EVDL] the grid needs upgrading - fast

2022-11-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
Good luck with that. Most of our "investor owned" utilities don't have a good track record of even keeping up with current maintenance, much less actually planning for the future. Unless they can see a return from it this quarter, they won't pay for it. If you want to see where that kind of s

Re: [EVDL] the grid needs upgrading - fast

2022-11-21 Thread jim--- via EV
David said: > Good luck with that. Most of our "investor owned" utilities don't have a > good track record of even keeping up with current maintenance, much less > actually planning for the future. For the most part, at least here in California, the investor owned utilities largely are not all

[EVDL] leaf 2013 battery

2022-11-21 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
As far as I know the 2013 has the lizard battery.  Lawrence Rhodes -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ___ Address

Re: [EVDL] leaf 2013 battery

2022-11-21 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
That's what I've read, too, but I sure would like a definitive way to know. This guy, LeftieBiker, wrote quite a lot, might be worth reading: https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=26662 Peri << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> -- Original Message --