here’s the ChatGPT summary:
Subject: Harnessing EVs for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Title: “Every EV is a Mobile Battery”
Summary:
- EVs could serve as mobile batteries, feeding energy back to the grid during peak demand.
- Energy stored in EV batteries could be replenished through low-cost nighttime electricity or daytime solar charging.
- Coordination between EVs, chargers, and household energy systems is vital for efficient energy management.
- Smart grids and charger software can optimize energy usage based on demand and weather conditions.
- This approach has the potential to solve energy storage challenges and enhance overall energy efficiency.
and a letter to the editor, again by ChatGPT:
Dear Editor,
I’m excited to propose an innovative solution that could reshape our energy landscape: utilizing electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile batteries. EVs hold the potential to serve as integral components of energy storage, especially during peak demand periods. By intelligently managing EV charging schedules, we can optimize energy usage, drawing from low-cost electricity during off-peak hours or daytime solar charging. This strategy not only addresses energy storage challenges but also enhances overall energy efficiency, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and mitigating environmental impact.
Effective coordination between EVs, chargers, and household energy systems is essential for maximizing this potential. Integration of smart grid technology and charger software can ensure efficient energy management tailored to demand patterns and weather conditions. Prioritizing research and development in this area is imperative for accelerating the transition to a more sustainable energy future. By exploring innovative solutions like harnessing EVs as mobile batteries, we can create a cleaner, smarter energy ecosystem.
Sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Contact Information]
every ev is a mobile battery; i had this thought driving back from dad’s last night; he espouses the evs will never work, not enough charging stations, not enouhg range, etc. can’t think f how we’d every build a large distributed energy distribuition system, ignoring the ones we’ve already built (oil, gas, and even electricity); my thinking turned to how we need to think outside the box, like the car doesn’t need to be chared to 100% each time like a car does (or is generally done… even thoug its 5 minutses to fiull my car, i never not fill it; only case wopuld be atms are down and i only have a 290$ bill. and must get gas), and the battery storage doesnt have to be huge utility scale things; with chargers being smart and connected, they can make the descicions to opptimize for whavs i need it to do. wfh tomorrow? no need to charge car to >50%, so sell the excess solar stored when peak demand/best price.
also, since ive thunk this up, surely this is a known idea. i’ve likely read of this.
to-do_ nbeed a map of gas stations along the common routes I take, like dvp. took 20 mins to find a gas station on the way up last night.
here’s the transcription from AWS from the original recording:
This is uh a thought on EVs charging, power storage, et cetera. Um as the number of EVs increase and the number of that, therefore, the number of battery, the amount of battery storage available, you know, in the system, if you will um for every car that’s parked at home during the day as required. And you could probably, you know, be selling these, this, this uh electricity back to the grid. So you come home, you park your car and as supper time hits and suddenly everybody’s, you know, electric use goes up, which is what happens. Um your cars are feeding some of the energy they have knowing that later on tonight they’re going to get recharged from the low cost electricity coming in at night time or uh could possibly be charged from a small battery storage uh that uh the sunshine, the sunshine during the day while you are at work has been charging your batteries for on your power wall to use the tesla example. Uh Then you, then, then that’s where you get your, your uh charge for your car. It doesn’t have to be huge. You’re not trying to power the whole house or you can uh and then you can choose. So you’re ba basically the battery storage. Although without the major breakthrough that I think would be the most, you know, valuable thing ever. I’m thinking uh that the amount of battery out there rolling around and available in a network and uh and uh obviously requires some smarts in the grid, some ability for cars to decide when or actually probably the charger, but probably the thing to do it in the house situation. Um When is it better to, to take the bat energy out of the the local storage batteries, the power wall that came from the solar panels. So then uh and sold house. So then yeah, and it could actually you can work on uh you know, making OK. I got it. I made it last night. Uh And my solar panels, I stored this many watts in my batteries on my my power wall. And then now during the peak morning rush, do I feed that back into the grid so that um so that I can get and I can get the best rate for it because it’s the highest demand at 7 a.m. 730 whatever it is. And I can of course, be adjusted in real time as uh with a smart grid that can post and uh energy prices. And then of course, you could also have your, your, your software, your charger software doing. Ok. Well, what is the weather today. What is, is it gonna be cold? This, is it cool this afternoon or is it really hot? Am I gonna have a high demand at three o’clock or two o’clock? So, should I hold this energy that I made last night in hopes that I can sell it for a better price in the late afternoon or the mid afternoon when the sun’s up the most its hottest. So this sort of stuff could be going on and can be flattening out and essentially might solve the storage problem. Wow. I think that’s a, a major thought that maybe, uh I’m sure people have thought about this before, but then I think that every time I think of something like this, so I’m gonna, I’m gonna high prioritize this one and send it to my, my good buddy Paul and see what happens.
here’s the original voice recoding from my dvr:
