Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[NoTrespassing]

I just heard on a news report that Texas may be having brownouts from high AC usage during this heatwave. They mentioned generators aren't available for purchase. California is experiencing blackouts and will have to live without AC. Other states are reporting the same. How are people going to charge their EV's?


Kevin

Californians may be asked to conserve power amid heat wave

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California residents may be asked to reduce electricity use...

www.sfgate.com

Texas’ ERCOT Seeing ‘Very Concerning’ Power Plant Outages Amid Heat Wave

The Dallas area was under a heat advisory Monday, as heat indices approached 110.

www.forbes.com

Power Outage Amid Heat Wave, Imperial Irrigation District Warns

IID customers were urged to conserve energy in an effort to thwart a blackout.

patch.com

Amid Heat Wave, Riverside County Bracing For Rolling Blackouts

Thousands are without power Tuesday in Riverside County.

patch.com

 

[Gale Hawkins]

GM to boost spending on electric vehicles 30%, add two new battery plants - sources

One can wonder where they would be today EV wise if they had kept building the EV1 back in the 90's?

 

[Grumpycat]

I just heard on a news report that Texas may be having brownouts from high AC usage during this heatwave. They mentioned generators aren't available for purchase. California is experiencing blackouts and will have to live without AC. Other states are reporting the same. How are people going to charge their EV's?

At night, same as we always do. When the grid has at least 50% surplus capacity.

 

[NoTrespassing]

At night, same as we always do. When the grid has at least 50% surplus capacity.

So the blackouts are only happening in the middle of the day and the power comes back on in the evening? Then, everyone's house is 115 degrees from no AC all day, people crank their AC and plug their cars in all at the same time?

Kevin

 

[grsthegreat]

Texans are urged to cut back on cooking and cleaning to ease power grid strain

texas doesnt want people to cook or clean to ease load on overworked power grid......now let’s plug in all the cars to charge.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I found this 33 minute about who Apple is talking with to manufacture their EV for robotaxi fleet helpful especially the BYD info. BYD seems to be the most influential EV player in the world at this point in EV history.

 

[PuffyC]

I just heard on a news report that Texas may be having brownouts from high AC usage during this heatwave. They mentioned generators aren't available for purchase. California is experiencing blackouts and will have to live without AC. Other states are reporting the same. How are people going to charge their EV's?

Some North Texans turn to solar panels to help avoid power grid headache as temps rise

Does thinking about all the back and forth surrounding the power grid give you a headache? For some North Texans, one solution is solar energy.

www.wfaa.com

The U.S. solar industry posted record growth in 2020 despite Covid, report finds

New solar installations jumped 43% year over year to a record high during 2020, even as the pandemic weighed on operations.

www.cnbc.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

At night, same as we always do. When the grid has at least 50% surplus capacity.

Does the moon supply enough light for the solar panels?

 

[NoTrespassing]

Does the moon supply enough light for the solar panels?

Hopefully EV owners have a south facing window in their apartment.

 

[kenmbz]

I see no one mentioning Volvo, which is Chinese owned and is pushing EV pretty hard with Geely, their owner, as their EV partner
In China , you see a large percentage of Volvo's on the road, and it's a huge, growing market.

 

[PuffyC]

Does the moon supply enough light for the solar panels?

No, but then you don't generally have brown outs at night either which was part of the original question. In places like Texas and California, all your electricity needs are during the day to run that AC which makes solar an ideal way to save you money and take load off the grid.

Hopefully EV owners have a south facing window in their apartment.

If they're lucky they'll eventually live in an apartment that already has solar, kinda like these or these that are pulling nothing at all from the grid.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Meanwhile in MD, solar panels caused a $500,000 fire.

 

[lman]

No, but then you don't generally have brown outs at night either which was part of the original question. In places like Texas and California, all your electricity needs are during the day to run that AC which makes solar an ideal way to save you money and take load off the grid.


If they're lucky they'll eventually live in an apartment that already has solar, kinda like these or these that are pulling nothing at all from the grid.

Where do you park your tractor in a place like that?

 

[PuffyC]

Meanwhile in MD, solar panels caused a $500,000 fire.

Electricity can cause fires, that is true. I feel like that's been going on for a long time before solar panels were a thing though.

Where do you park your tractor in a place like that?

You're asking where people who live in an apartment park their tractor? Man, you are rural.

 

[lman]

Electricity can cause fires, that is true. I feel like that's been going on for a long time before solar panels were a thing though.


You're asking where people who live in an apartment park their tractor? Man, you are rural.

Hey this is a tractor forum and somebody's talking about living in an apartment.

 

[PuffyC]

Hey this is a tractor forum and somebody's talking about living in an apartment.

Is that common? I guess I never thought about someone living in an apartment and needing a place to park their tractor there every day.

 

[lman]

Is that common? I guess I never thought about someone living in an apartment and needing a place to park their tractor there every day.

Maybe you should talk about apartment living in an urban forum.

 

[kenmbz]

I think freight elevator and a large living room would cover the tractor storage requirements for an apartment
Maybe an electric, autonomous tractor to keep it on subject?

 

[PuffyC]

Maybe you should talk about apartment living in an urban forum.

I was just responding to people (like you) who asked about plugging in a tractor at an apartment but that's OK, it's not important. It's kinda turning into a "who's on first" Abbott and Costello bit anyway

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Depleted Gas Stocks Force Europe To Use More Coal | OilPrice.com

Sounds like lower spring time temps enhanced coal usage. This drives home how fossil fuels are still key to mankind.