Willie, totally agree.
Paul, a house backup system can in fact be purchased for much less than
$78,000. Mine was about $8k. The point is that if it already included in
the large battery EV you just bought, then it's effectively free. And
for most of us, free is a good thing. Now in actually we know nothing is
free, there is a cost of using energy from your car, whether driving or
running some of your house. Not sure what you mean about rural areas not
likely to buy EV, I think that might be in error, at least out here on
the left coast.
t
On 10/4/2021 8:16 AM, Willie McKemie wrote:
I believe V2H WILL be TREMENDOUS selling point.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 10:08 paul dove via EV <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well, that is a little presumptuous. I never claimed no one
needed it. I claimed it wold not be a selling point for EV's. Not
enough people are in that situation to make a difference in sales.
Besides my vehicle was $78,000. I believe a house backup system
can be purchased for much less than this amount. I admit I haven't
researched the number of power outages and could be wrong but it
seems implausible to me. Rural areas probably have more outages
but then they are left likely to buy an EV for any reason.
On Sunday, October 3, 2021, 9:29:58 PM CDT, Tim Economu via EV
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
" I said that. Lost power for three days back in the 90's when a
tornado
blew through. Not worth investing a lot of money for 3 days every
25 years."
That seems like a quaint world view to me. "I don't need it so no
one else does either" .
We have lived in rural America for the past 40 years and power is
not so consistent in a lot of places here in the US. We lose power
every year numerous times, for varying amounts of hours and days.
I don't use fossil fuels much anymore, so backup generators are
not an option, and are a poor option for those that do use fossils
in my opinion. But I do have solar power and a small battery bank,
so recharging during a power outage is possible and is necessary
if we want to maintain power for water,refrigeration, electronics,
and fresh air inside our passive house.
To have an EV that will provide not only transportation but
occasional power is not a little thing, it's huge. Especially if
you can recharge during the sunny day. To have jobsite power is
even bigger.
I do realize that it might be something that some people do not
think is worth spending money. But there are a lot of us out here
that it would be worth spending quite a lot of for that option. If
it came as part of the package, all the better.
I happen to believe that vehicle to grid is a game changer, kind
of like Level 5 autonomy will be a game changer.
Tim Economu
Whidbey Island
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