On 7 Jan 2015 at 13:22, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > simply have BMW, TESLA or GM or any other EV MFR that has direct > wireless remote control of their vehicles oesystem implement the > charging/grid algorithm since they already have the REMOTE CHARGE > CONTROL system to the car. > > Then the only finance negotiation is between the Utility and the Car MFR.
It may be that I'm misunderstanding this idea. However, I find it a little disconcerting. I can maybe see it for a leased EV, though I don't think I personally would accept it. I have this odd, old fashioned idea that when I purchase something, I should own and control it. If the manufacturer retains control of when and where my EV can charge and discharge, it seems to me that I don't fully control (own) the car. For a similar reason, I wouldn't buy a Renault Zoe with a leased battery. The fact that Renault can disable my battery remotely makes me really uncomfortable. They say they'll only do so if I don't keep up the lease payments, but who knows what other reason they might cook up, or what kind of errors their accounting department might make? The big media companies love such virtual entertainment as downloaded music, movies, and e-books. This is partly because ancient US laws on owning physical media such as CDs, DVDs, and books - and your rights as an owner of them - don't apply to them. They sell you not the item itself, but just the right to listen, view, or read it. They can control what you do with the item; you're usually not allowed to lend it or give it away, unlike real CDs, DVDs, and books. They can rescind that right if they choose. As I see it (and I am certainly open to correction if I'm wrong), Renault's scheme to retain control of their EVs' batteries, and the idea that BMW might control the charge in an EV, are related sentiments. If you're OK with that, go for it, but it's not for me. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
