Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen vs Battery Power

2021-08-25 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 7:34 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: How much do you pay when you charge away from home? Here is an account of a recent trip from central Texas to Pike's Peak using SuperChargers and one destination charge station. https://wmckemie.blogspot.com/2021/08/pikes-peak.html Three

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 7:34 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: How much do you pay when you charge away from home? Addressed to me?  I have free lifetime SuperCharging on both my current Teslas.  I briefly had a Model 3 which did not have free SuperCharging.  Average cost was around $5 for around 100

Re: [EVDL] Wiring PP/CP on J1772

2021-08-25 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
How much do you pay when you charge away from home? - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 25, 2021, at 10:09 AM, Willie via EV wrote: > >  > On 8/25/21 11:10 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: ...by Electrify America, they said that they charge 31¢/kWh. >> I have seen

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Bobby Keeland via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Wiring PP/CP on J1772

2021-08-25 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> While the Volt won't be able to support more than approx 1kw, > that's enough to support my critical loads (fridge, freezer, . > minisplit heat pump) plus a few lights, etc. Turns out the DC/DC converter in the VOlt is over 200 amps at 12 volts so it can support almost 2 kW. Compared to the

Re: [EVDL] Wiring PP/CP on J1772

2021-08-25 Thread Bob Bath via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Wiring PP/CP on J1772

2021-08-25 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
>> A couple years after that my 'grandfathered' status runs out and I'll be >> switched to their new >> 'solar customer' rates, at that point it will cost me over $800 a year just >> for the privilege of >> being connected to the grid. iI figure it will be cheaper to buy some used >> EV

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Jay Summet via EV
I doubt you'll be able to buy the recalled bolt batteries. Too much liability to the sellers if one of them causes a fire. Jay On 8/25/21 2:19 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: With the recall of over 100,000 BOLT batteries to be replaced, There will be a HUGE source. But I assume that they

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen vs Battery Power

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 4:06 PM, Alan Brinkman via EV wrote: Hello EVDL, The draw of Hydrogen is that using it produces H2O, water. What a great exhaust product. But the energy to separate Hydrogen out of H2O to produce it is too great. It is better to use that energy to charge batteries and drive an EV.

Re: [EVDL] Fast Charging Rates on the Least coast

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 3:57 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: Do they price differently in different markets? Or does this have to do with price of gasoline? I think it is not tied to either local electric rates or gasoline/diesel prices.  I believe the Tesla price is a nation wide target.  In some

Re: [EVDL] Fast Charging Rates on the Least coast

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Do they price differently in different markets? Or does this have to do with price of gasoline? - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 25, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > > Hi folks > I’m charging along the least coast with the Tesla 28c per kWh and the Bolt >

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 1:30 PM, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: You both get great deals. My electric coop only pays their "avoided costs" for any surplus electricity (trued up annually), currently that is less than 3 cents per kwh (2.6 the last time I checked). OTOH I'm still collecting on the PBI we

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
With the recall of over 100,000 BOLT batteries to be replaced, There will be a HUGE source. But I assume that they will all be bulk sold to utilities who (hopefully) will apply them to grid-leveling in support of renewables! Bob On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:30 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: > >

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
>> OOps, forgot. My home solar makes the EV charging free... >> (Well, no, with Grid tie it costs me 14 cents per kWh >> because that is what each kW is worth that I push back >> into the grid so using it to charge an EV is 14cents/kWh lost). > > Your utility seems to be giving you a GREAT deal.

Re: [EVDL] Charging EVs was Re: hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 12:42 PM, Peter VanDerWal via EV wrote: All Teslas sold before 2017 come with lifetime free supercharging, model S and X come with lifetime free supercharging. , model 3 and Y come with 1 year of free supercharging. Destination charger (level 2) are almost always free. VW comes

Re: [EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> produce. Even at only $.06, I think my payback period is in the range > of 6-8 years. Sure beats the 100 year payback offered by savings banks at 1% interest. I never liked the "payback" term for solar. I say it is from day one when one stopped consuming fossil fueled utility power. Bob

[EVDL] Cost of PV EV charging

2021-08-25 Thread Willie via EV
On 8/25/21 11:10 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: ...by Electrify America, they said that they charge 31¢/kWh. I have seen rates as low as 3 cents per kW for EV charging off-peak for those that sign up for a TOU plan (includes much higher peak rates) "Hydrogen Fool cell" is a reasonable

[EVDL] Charging EVs was Re: hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
> You are definitely in great shape for at-home charging. Hopefully that is > usually sufficient for > you. We bought the Chevy Volt in 2017 and the Chevy Bolt in 2019. I have never paid to charge the Volt, mostly it gets charged at home but occasionally it gets charged using one of the

[EVDL] Hydrogen is a silly idea in every way and hydrogen fans are in denial.

2021-08-25 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
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Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
>> ...by Electrify America, they said that they charge 31¢/kWh. I have seen rates as low as 3 cents per kW for EV charging off-peak for those that sign up for a TOU plan (includes much higher peak rates) "Hydrogen Fool cell" is a reasonable moniker. Wont this thread ever die? OOps, forgot. My

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 25 Aug 2021 at 6:54, jim--- via EV wrote: > within a mile or two of my house there are at least a half dozen > publicly available charging stations. That's what's great about EVs. Almost every commercial building has enough electrical capacity to install at least a level 2 (~10kW)

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
I don’t know. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 25, 2021, at 2:39 AM, Peter Eckhoff via EV wrote: > > Where and who is building them ? > >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 3:30 AM Mark Abramowitz via EV >> wrote: >> >> One other update on subsidies for stations - some new

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
- See my note about the capacity of fueling stations being built today. Your number is no longer correct. - the needed infrastructure ratio makes me neither happy nor unhappy. They just are what they are, but you need to adjust comparisons based on that, as you have done (I’m not commenting

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread jim--- via EV
Mark Abramowitz said in small part: > Granted, because of the limited infrastructure currently, those consumers in > the US for > whom it would work fine is very small. In California, much less so. Guess again. You keep talking about how much infrastructure there is in California - and the

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Eckhoff via EV
ns much longer, I would expect to see and increase > in the price of Hydrogen. > >>> At this point most EV charging stations are being paid for by private > companies that expect to make a profit, which is why it costs so much to > charge. > >>> > >>> The cost o

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
> > In regard to your question “ How is comparing the number of stations that are > ACTUALLY open not an > "apples to apples" comparison?” - If you are trying to compare how many > vehicles you have the > capacity to serve, there is not a one to one match. A hydrogen fueling “spot” > can

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
One other update on subsidies for stations - some new stations are being built *without* state funding. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 24, 2021, at 11:11 PM, Mark Abramowitz wrote: > > Let me give you sources for the exact numbers for up to date data, rather > than

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Let me give you sources for the exact numbers for up to date data, rather than rely on my memory. On station cost and the % amount that the subsidy has dropped, you can either go to the CEC website, and look at the latest funding awards, or you can look at a summary put together by the

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
You are definitely in great shape for at-home charging. Hopefully that is usually sufficient for you. On the hydrogen side, the $16.50 price was correct in 2019. The price is NOT subsidized by California. With the newer stations and greater competition they are starting to come down and will

Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all

2021-08-25 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Ok - we disagree about the date to use. I was just using CARB’s analysis and the dates they pick. But it really doesn’t matter. On number of stations, you repeat exactly what I said, that the 2020 numbers are a projection. It had to be, 2020 wasn’t over. But everything prior was an actual