Yikes! $4,000! Yeah, I'd call that expensive. Especially considering
the Powerwall is between $4k and $7k (depending on capacity).
I'm just not comfortable with utilities using my car batter for grid
stabilization. My car has a limited lifetime battery, and they better
pay me for the
There was actually a recent product announcement that was basically this:
https://electrek.co/2020/01/06/wallbox-quasar-tesla-nissan/
It's pretty expensive, but if you consider it as an alternative to Tesla
Powerwall (or other competitive devices) it's a fairly good deal.
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Full V2G support could be useful in areas with time of usage rates, but
I was thinking more of an emergency backup generator with a few outlets
you could run extension cords to for your fridge and a few lights. (Or a
whole house generator inlet if you had one wiredcompletely
disconnected
Hi Jay,
One of the big issues with this sort of product is that you end up under
a large list of requirements - all with the express purpose of not
destabilizing the grid. The cost of conformance is definitely
non-trivial. :)
I know that there are CHAdeMO chargers that handle the reverse
This is currently kind of a niche product that is really only useful for
vehicles with a bad on-board charger, or a slow (3.3 kW) one).
I think the big win for this product would be to make it bi-directional
and pair with a (optional?) 4-7 kW inverter that could be used to power
parts of
I have a neighbor who has a Leaf with a failed onboard charger. He
correctly decided that the chademo charger offered by evseadapters was
a viable alternaive to having the onboard charger repaired/replaced.
https://wmckemie.blogspot.com/2020/02/rays-new-chademo-charger.html
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