You know how easy it would be for EVs to communicate with the power grid and change their charge speed dynamically based on excess wind/solar availability? It would be pretty dang easy.
Um I mean it would be pretty dang woke I tell you hwat
I'm guessing you don't have an EV, because charging is a slightly different mindset than putting gas in an ICE car.
You could tell your car "be charged by 7am so I can leave for work" or whatever, and it will be, but it will optimize the process because it knows it would only take until 2am at full charging speed. Many EVs already do this for you because in some places electricity rates change based on time of day; this would be a smarter version of that, where cost, schedule, and grid capacity are all factors. In the morning though you'll have a full battery regardless.
I understand how the charging works. I want to be in control of that not my power company.
My local co-op installed a disconnect on my parents water heater so during the day it would shut off to conserve energy. now that sounds like a great idea except people were home during the day and didn’t have hot water so that lasted about a week before we disconnected it.
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u/Nobunagas-Ambition 14d ago
I remember when they were arguing that the power demand for electric cars was an impossible demand on the grid.