EV owners of today and tomorrow

[wawajake]

convince crybabyjake to start one since he is so enamored with it.

Hiw about you quit sending me private messages with your ridiculous gullible stance on a flat earth !!! .......but since you are the outlier on this topic, I dare you to start one. And grow up with the silly name calling in the meanwhile.

 

[D&D]

Everything is a subsidy with you, isn't it?

In the EV world, yep

 

[D&D]

Grumpy you obviously live in a more unique area where the electric utility provider has not got greedy yet. Here in Canada, ( Ontario) various utilities provide the power to the province, the majority of it is Nuclear, next would be Hydro Dams, and third would be natural gas, all our coal plants were closed or replaced with gas a decade a go. We have also had time of use pricing for at least a decade, ( off peak 8cents, mid peak 12cents, on peak 18cents) ....and distribution costs tied to how much kwh used, and taxes including a carbon tax tied to how much kwh you used. Now I suspect in next 10 years most North American utilities will use this model already seen all over the world. Especially unfortunately considering the probable outcome of your fall election with Kamela leading by then ( I hope not but ?) ....these utilities were given this flexibility by left wing governments here and coming to a state near you probably too.

TOU, Demand power, peak/off-peak are not new terms to our electric providers.

 

[D&D]

You really need to look into the mirror when making these statements.

Piss off

 

[WinterDeere]

TOU, Demand power, peak/off-peak are not new terms to our electric providers.

I remember my parents had two meters on the house, one only being active during off-peak hours. Kinda pissed me off when dad hung the receptacle for the arc welder on the off-peak service panel, since I couldn't weld anytime I wanted.

 

[D&D]

I remember my parents had two meters on the house, one only being active during off-peak hours. Kinda pissed me off when dad hung the receptacle for the arc welder on the off-peak service panel, since I couldn't weld anytime I wanted.

Couldn’t use it or knew how hot the seat of your pants would get if you did?

 

[Hay Dude]

Heard today one of the biggest manufacturers of vehicle charging stations had to lay off like 50% of their employees because sales of charging units tanked.

 

[WinterDeere]

Couldn’t use it or knew how hot the seat of your pants would get if you did?

haha! Dad had already passed away when I realized what he'd done, there. I guess his logic had been that he only had time for welding evenings and weekends, so it made sense to connect it to the off-peak panel and enjoy the savings.

But as I remember the day I discovered that, I just kinda' shook my head and chuckled, thinking I'm not getting my project done when I wanted!

I wonder what "discoveries" I'll leave behind for my kids, but since they share almost none of my interests, I suspect all my treasures will be loaded onto one truck headed for the auction house, after I'm gone.

 

[WinterDeere]

Heard today one of the biggest manufacturers of vehicle charging stations had to lay off like 50% of their employees because sales of charging units tanked.

Sales, or availability? I recall hearing of massive transformer availability issues, affecting charging station manufacturing.

 

[Grumpycat]

Heard today one of the biggest manufacturers of vehicle charging stations had to lay off like 50% of their employees because sales of charging units tanked.

Or they ramped up for Bribem pork which never paid out?

I've said over and over again that The EV Gas Station Model is a fallacy. We don't want or need a "gas station" on every street corner, which is something "every" genius intellectual basement dweller never-did-anything "knows" we need.