Going off-grid: Buy a used Leaf as a second EV. Charge each one on alternating days. So you have a huge battery charging everyday from solar, and you have an EV for goiong to work AND you get THREE times the battery for the same cost as a powerwall!. (and a spare car)
Bob > In Maryland it costs me $8/mo to be grid tied. > His cost is more like $70/mo or more! > I agree, I woiuld be buldozing a path to "off grid" designs there. > -------------------------------------------------- > > Actually, it's even worse than that. <snip> > > Now she <works> 5 days a week. That uses about 10kwh > > per day EV charging and, she has to charge mostly when the > > sun isn't shining. > > > > The new 'Solar Customer' pricing is $50 a month for grid > > connection plus about $15 a month for taxes and other fees, > > plus now instead of banking power for free, I get paid > > wholesale for each kWh I push and charged retail for every > > kwh I pull from the grid. The difference is about 8 cents per kwh. > > > > So next year when this goes into effect I'll pay on average > > $36 a month for banking power, plus the $65 mentioned above. > > SO closer to $100 a month even though I'm net zero (well > > surplus actually) on power. > > > > I'm building a 10kwh solar charging station to offset most > > EV charging costs and then, I'm going off-grid. _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
