Range anxiety is becoming a thing of the past as electric vehicle technology advances

[Into the Night]

Myth: The increase in electric vehicles entering the market will collapse the U.S. power grid.

FACT: Electric vehicles have charging strategies that can prevent overloading the grid, and, in some cases, support grid reliability.
It is true that the increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road will lead to increased electricity demand. Yet, how that impacts the grid will depend on several factors, such as the power level and time of day when vehicles are charged, and the potential for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging 3 among others.

EVs can be charged at off-peak times, such as overnight, when rates are often cheaper. Even with a mix of charging times (so not all nighttime charging), research indicates that sufficient capacity will exist to cover EVs entering the market in the coming years.4 And further down the road, when renewables make up a larger part of our energy mix in many regions, switching to more daytime charging (when some renewables like solar generate energy) with some energy storage capability should allow the grid to handle increases in EV charging.5 California leads the country with more than 1 million electric vehicles and EV charging currently makes up less than 1% of the state’s grid total load, even during peak hours.6
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging allows EVs to act as a power source that may help with grid reliability by pushing energy back to the grid from an EV battery. This is done by allowing EVs to charge when electricity demand is low and drawing on them when that demand is high.

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A battery is not a energy production.
California generating capacity is woefully inadequate already. The WRIC will not sacrifice itself to save California. It will SHUT IT DOWN. Already, blackouts are common in the SDTC (formerly California).
No car controls the power grid.

 

[Joe Capitalist]

Electric Vehicles provide a number of environmental benefits.*

EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, making them much kinder to the planet than dirty-fuel-powered equivalents. The harmful gases found in vehicle exhaust fumes act like a blanket around the Earth and increase global temperatures, which can also encourage extreme weather events.
In turn, electric cars do not harm air quality when they drive by. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, toxins like nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide that gas vehicles produce can increase respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, and they can also lead to cancer. Around 30,000 premature deaths a year can be put down to particulate matter pollution.*

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[Joe Capitalist]

RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ALTERNATIVE THAT COULD ‘REVOLUTIONIZE’ EVS — AND THEY’RE 50% CHEAPER TO MAKE
The battery is 10 years in the making.
by Rick Kazmer*/*October 24, 2023

Experts may have hit paydirt in the search for a better battery.*
Creators of the CERENERGY solid-state technology said the units they are working on are safer, cheaper, and longer-lasting than their lithium-ion counterparts.
The breakthrough is the result of a joint effort between two labs — Australia-based Altech Batteries and Germany’s Fraunhofer. The result could expand renewable energy storage capacity, which is important as more wind, solar, and tidal power farms go online.
Other projects, like one in California that uses old electric vehicle (EV) batteries to hold a solar charge, are already operational as sustainable energy companies work to find better ways to store intermittent, renewable power.
CERENERGY researchers have said that a better battery will improve storage efforts. The first line of a planned battery factory is forecasted to produce 10,000 modules a year.*
And the company has its eyes set on global use.
“We are now entering the final phase of industrial product development for global commercialization,” Fraunhofer Institute Director Alexander Michaelis said in a press release.*
The battery is 10 years in the making, using inexpensive and abundant materials —*aluminum, salt, nickel, and ceramic.*
Meanwhile, costly lithium and cobalt are not part of the mix. Demand for those resources is a concern as EV demand climbs. And, as Altech notes, mining those metals from places, including the Congo, has created ethical concerns.*
The CERENERGY batteries cost 40% to 50% less to make, the researchers report.*