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Comment Re:Who will pay (Score 1) 178

I would not mind that at all. I don't see it happening, even if the politicians agrees on it, it would probably take 20 years to get it built and that is assuming the next politicians in power wont stop the project before it is getting started.
We are sadly not going to get nuclear energy here ever.

Comment Re:Who will pay (Score 1) 178

It is a good point, my installation is old and so all it can do is activate a control line if production is over a certain watt. I would probably need a new inverter with CT clamps on the power into the house so it can monitor that.
I am contemplating replacing the inverter with a newer one. there are solutions now that can mitigate that problem. Batteries also seems to be coming down in price. as well are systems that can monitor the price. it seems like a lot of things are happening in that market right now.

Comment Who will pay (Score 5, Interesting) 178

For the last week, here in Denmark, I have had to PAY to get rid of my solar electricity, had it not been because I disconnected my panels before driving to work.
I produce 30-38kWh pr day this time of year if the sun is shining And the price was negative and i have to pay a transmission tariff for every kWh sold. I reconnected my panels when returning home from work and the actual productions was only about 6kWh instead of at least 30kWh. This weekend the prices also were negative although it was cloudy. I was home so I charged my car and did not disconnect the panels.

So who can make money from creating green energy when you are not getting paid for the production in summer when they produce the majority of the electricity?

I was promised to be able to use the grid as a battery, by having my meter running "backwards", which was why I invested in solar panels back in 2011. At that time the cost price of the installation was triple of what it was just a few years later. It didn't take the government more than a year to walk back that promise, on which I had based my calculation for the next 10 years.
 

Comment Re:Good. (Score 5, Insightful) 323

Top speed. 230 km/h is more than i need
Refueling time: yes. i spend 5 seconds plugging in when i come home. the EVSE is right by my front door. I spend less time refueling my ev than stopping at gas stations.
Range: I use 18-20% of my battery every day, i use 70% to visit my family in the other side of the country. they have a EVSE, I use my RFID tag to pay at their house. On time a year when i Travel through EU i do have to stop and charge but that is a small inconvenience to all the upsides
kerbweight: I dont care, it doesnt matter.
Towing weight: I dont care i dont need it.
Good in the cold: it is fantastic. it is warm instantly, it can de-ice itself. the added weight and 4 wheel drive makes it excellent in the snow.

And my daily commute is just bliss in a comfortable smooth ride in silence.

Comment But these were before "second screen content" (Score 1) 172

But today we have to deal with "second screen content", a strategy by Netflix and others to generate content that people can watch while they are on their phone.

It is not enough with just visuals, everything must also be said, preferably more than once because people are not paying attention. The pace should be slow so people can keep up.

if you think I am kidding or i am making it up myself, just google it. :)
(I don't subscribe to streaming services anymore, but that is mostly because i need a second job these days to keep up with inflation.)

Comment Re:What is an EV "starting difficulty" anyway? (Score 1) 216

I guess if you parked it warm with 20% or less in the battery it could be an issue. I get a warning on the screen if the weather is around freezing and I park at home with less that 15% that I should plug in to charge.
Other than that it could be the 12% battery had died so it couldn't even run the electronics and activate the contractor to the high voltage battery.

Comment Re:Statistics (Score 1) 216

My Tesla is really good at thermal management. It uses the heat pump. it runs the motors as heating elements. If you have heat in the battery, it will scavenge that for cabin heating. If I put it in "chill mode"(as in drive relaxed), it will not heat the battery as much and it will scavenge more heat from it.

I noticed that if it is only a few degrees below freezing, it seems to use the heat pump to warm the battery to charge if it has been sitting for a few days without using it. when it gets a lot colder, I noticed it went back to pre heat pump days and used the motors as heaters before charging.

If I travel using superchargers, it will tell me that at location is full and suggest another location. the new(perhaps upcoming) version of the navigation will take into account other cars heading that location to charge.

Now since I can charge at home, driving electric in winter is awesome. Much better experience than my gas cars.

Comment Re:Why does your cell phone batteries lose signifi (Score 1) 73

Yes it is easy to solve. VW limit it's cars to 4000 hours / 10000 kWh V2L, which would be plenty for me as a battery backup. It won't really interfere too much with the house battery solutions as those have been rated to 6000 cycles(depending on brand) so If you have just a 12kWh home battery, that would be 7 times more kWh drawn from that in its lifetime.

I don't have power outages often enough to warrant a backup solution but, I would definitely consider it as an option for my next electric car. If I had bought a Hyundai, I would have spent the extra dollars to get the V2L plug.

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