The military coup in Niger has raised concerns about uranium mining in the country by the French group Orano, and the consequences for France's energy independence.
@MattMastodon@BrianSmith950@Ardubal@Pampa@AlexisFR@Wirrvogel@Sodis Maybe. It depends where the cars are plugged in at the time. The charging infrastructure to use them all at once would be pretty serious/expensive, especially if it has to support fast charging in e.g. a (potentially systemic) personal emergency as well as efficient slow charging with V2G.
And the transition to EVs is going to stall pretty soon, because a large proportion of people people do not have driveways or garages, and public chargers are expensive and slow.
Also, I’m hoping the peak number of EVs will be somewhat less than the current total number of cars - we get to sustainability faster with fewer cars.
V2G is interesting though, I agree we should make use of that resource.
@MattMastodon @BrianSmith950 @Ardubal @Pampa @AlexisFR @Wirrvogel @Sodis Maybe. It depends where the cars are plugged in at the time. The charging infrastructure to use them all at once would be pretty serious/expensive, especially if it has to support fast charging in e.g. a (potentially systemic) personal emergency as well as efficient slow charging with V2G.
And the transition to EVs is going to stall pretty soon, because a large proportion of people people do not have driveways or garages, and public chargers are expensive and slow.
Also, I’m hoping the peak number of EVs will be somewhat less than the current total number of cars - we get to sustainability faster with fewer cars.
V2G is interesting though, I agree we should make use of that resource.
@MattMastodon @BrianSmith950 @Ardubal @Pampa @AlexisFR @Wirrvogel @Sodis IMHO reusing ex-EV batteries as grid storage may be more important in the medium term though.
@MattMastodon @BrianSmith950 @Ardubal @Pampa @AlexisFR @Wirrvogel @Sodis Also, smart tariffs for EV charging (dependent on when there is most renewable energy) already exist, at least two companies doing them. That’s not V2G though.
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@MattMastodon @BrianSmith950 @Ardubal @Pampa @AlexisFR @Wirrvogel @Sodis What would the cost be of fast bidirectional charging points for all those cars though? Both at office and at home? Do you need them to be fast charging, or is V2G at 7.5kW realistic/useful?
You’d be lucky to get 30%. IMHO the resource is somewhat limited depending on how much you put into charging infrastructure.