I don't know exactly. Usually it's somewhere between 40 and 50 kWh if the weather is clear and I have enough demand.
Big Ford EV Announcement Coming Aug 11th
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Yeah wasn't sure if that was less than 40 years
I get around 45 with an 20 panel/8K Qcell and enphase IQ8 array.
When you say " when you have enough demand" does that mean your setup will stop producing once and if it detects a full battery and no load not sending anything back to the grid?
I've always liked the sol ark outside its min startup voltage.
My experience with tranformerless inverters is that they dont like load imbalances and all my friends that use these designs end up adding a balancing autotransformer. I think the victron has the edge on the sol ark here.
Sounds like the first model might be a smaller EV pickup.
“Ford has been vague about what that team will bring to market, but insiders hint the company is preparing to launch an entirely new EV “family.” And that’s expected to include a number of different body styles, starting with a small, all-electric pickup somewhere in size between the compact Ford Maverick and midsize Ranger, said Sam Abuelsamid, lead analyst with Telemetry Research. At least one small SUV will follow”
https://www.autoblog.com/news/fords-affordable-new-ev-family-will-start-with-a-small-electric-pickup
“Ford has been vague about what that team will bring to market, but insiders hint the company is preparing to launch an entirely new EV “family.” And that’s expected to include a number of different body styles, starting with a small, all-electric pickup somewhere in size between the compact Ford Maverick and midsize Ranger, said Sam Abuelsamid, lead analyst with Telemetry Research. At least one small SUV will follow”
https://www.autoblog.com/news/fords-affordable-new-ev-family-will-start-with-a-small-electric-pickup
Based on Maverick demand, that's a no-brainer. People have been clamoring for smaller, less expensive trucks for years. I wonder what size battery they squeezed into it.
For sure! Hopefully GM responds with a BEV-3 based EV pickup. The existing 102kWh Ultium 12-module pack would probably be ideal. Or a similar sized pack with the GM’s new LFP program
Correct. I don't produce if the batteries are full and there's no household load. I've taken to limiting the charge overnight to absorb some solar output during the day. The batteries don't like being full in high heat, so I try to limit their time at 100% while still hitting full charge periodically to ensure they balance properly. They were discharging early AM before the sun came up, but I've adjusted my climate settings to precool the house, so that isn't an issue anymore. Now I just overcool the house whenever the batteries get near full in the daytime. I could automate further to adjust charge based on predicted weather, but there's not much financial benefit since cell prices keep dropping and degradation is already low. As long as I recoup my initial outlay and maybe get another five years, I'm fine with my return.
Charging at night when air conditioners are not working as hard? Would be great!
But if you persist in promoting The Gas Station Fallacy upon EVs then the nightmare you desire will be a reality. Forcing EVs on public charging, fast 100kW+ rates during the day, most accurately mimics ICE (gasoline) vehicles and totally defeats the EV advantage.
What is fair about charging me based on what I use electricity for?
A kWh is a kWh whether used to propel my EV, surf BITOG, or ...
I think you should pay more per kWh for electricity to surf BITOG with an Intel CPU than I using an energy efficient Apple M1. As you say, "is only fair that you have to pay for grid upgrades..."
Are you aware of how much electricity is used to produce gasoline?
T.O.U. billing doesn't 100% track demand, as implemented. The utility continuously reads the meter (every 3 minutes, IIRC) and can bill whatever rate for those 3 minutes their contract allows. Sort of hard for an EV to track but nobody cares, it isn't that important to implement your beloved central control. You hate "EV mandate", and "EV incentives" but you are all for controlling when one may charge an EV, run one's air conditioner, hot water heater, etc.
The Tesla Energy Gateway is capable of signaling Tesla Wall Connectors as to when surplus PV power is available for the EV, else it is going to the grid. I have this, but haven't spent enough time with it.
How about stopping to infer how I think to fill in your strawman arguments. You clearly have no clue what or how I think
Real time pricing is the purest form of capitalism. A price is offered - you can take it or leave it. Its how real open markets work. TOU is just a really crude way of doing it - a poor way from a control standpoint.
Your "free" nighttime electricity, exists only because someone else paid for it somewhere along the way.
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Because decades ago the collective we decided that everyone should pay for the residential grid because everyone benefits - much like a road. In some states you can't disconnect from the grid even if you wanted to.
So now some small percentage of people - 1.4% of cars are EV - are adding loads to the existing grid to the point where its almost at peak. Different areas vary, but the older and more densely populated the area, the generally worse it is.
So the grid needs to be improved. So they want everyone to now pay for the 1.4% or whatever percentage of EV's will exist in the future. Thats not exactly equitable, that the 98.6% subsidize the 1.4%.
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Equitable? I gave up on that one a long time ago. There is no such thing.
The grid around here serves to burn down our forrests; it needs improving badly. Whatever helps to drive improvement benefits everyone. Not to mention the squirrels, turkey vultures and such.
I probably pay for all kinds of stuff I don't personally use or even want. So do you.
Of course we do, but your PG&E issues aside, I can't think of many things where so many pay for so few, those few not really being needy. People without kids pay for schools for example - but in the end they get a more educated society - or at least that is the argument. What do I get from subsidizing the cyber truck up the street?
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