What We've Been Waiting For....a little closer

[EdisonFire]

Being able during a power failure to power the House from the Car


https://ww.electrek.co/2020/01/06/wallbox-quasar-tesla-nissan/#

 

[miimura]

Really? You think a significant number of people want to spend $4,000 to get power out of their car once in a while? They didn't say how much it would cost to isolate your house wiring from a failed grid either.

Personally, I agree with Elon and think stationary batteries are much more useful.

 

[EdisonFire]

It was a first move in a good direction. The first flat screen TV's were outrageous in cost as were the first computers. One Powerwall @ $7,000 might also present a cost. If the cost for such a device described above was down to $500 in the future, it would certainly be a desirable solution for people that lose power. I have a lockout device currently on my circuit panel to shut service from the utility when power fails so I can power my house from a generator without back feeding electricity into utility power lines. Cost of that was $100 for the lockout.

 

[jkoya]

Being able during a power failure to power the House from the Car

The Sacramento EV club is having their first meeting of 2020 tomorrow. One of the presentations will be on "EV to House, Power Outage Support". I might not be able to make it, but I'll try and get minutes of the meeting...