Originally Posted By sospan
lack of charging infrastructure.


Renault and Connected Energy have just announced an interesting new development, using E-Stor technology. Basically you pile up a load of second-life batteries and charge them at low current from the grid. Then you can charge up your car at high current from the batteries.

This will enable fast chargers to be installed in places where there isn't high-current availability from the grid.

http://press.renault.co.uk/press-release/3a483d7c-2680-4733-987f-1c6581a69492

And in other news, the first Demand Response contracts are now available, allowing owners of electric vehicles to gain preferential access to charging networks and also to sell their power back to the grid - a good way to make money as short-term wholesale electricity prices can get very high where there is critical demand.

Imagine if you had just filled your tank of petrol for £50 and somebody came along and offered you £500 for it? Well this time last year when the base wholesale price of electricity was around £50/MWh, the spot price for 12:00 to 12:30 on the 15th September hit £1500/MWh.

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/comp...ers-181773.html

The technology required in the car, called V2G (Vehicle to Grid) is already installed in all Nissan Leafs, I don't know if other makes like Tesla can do it, I suspect they can.

Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE