Alex KretzschmarOct 7

What if instead of being primarily a transportation device, EVs primarily became - en masse - energy storage devices that could be tapped into by the grid any time there is a power demand?
Like the gig economy you could earn more per unit by being somewhere in demand with zonal pricing.

I’m sure there must be more to it than this but if it worked you’d be able to cut down on transmission losses and costs by a huge amount no?

Show threadLeszek Ciesielski

@ironicbadger For stable grids, the cost of moving battery (in pure energy spend) is way bigger than transmission losses. I'm betting 2-3 orders of magnitude bigger.

There's the use case of occasional consumption, like construction sites, festivals, etc. Those are already going heavy on battery storage.

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Show threadAlex KretzschmarOct 7
@skolima if you’re moving the battery for the purposes of just moving the battery then perhaps… but I would assume that kinda like a phone you would occasionally use it to make phone calls (drive to work).