Thread: Goodnight Diesel. ...Land Rover get your EV skates on!

Once houses have battery banks charged by solar, when the EV is plugged in it will just become part of the house battery bank. The batteries will equalise. If the house batteries drop too far the charged batteries in the EV will run the house overnight until the sun shines and the solar recharges the house batteries.
They's nothing radical about this - people already do it. I have an estimate to do one of our houses next year.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Once houses have battery banks charged by solar

I'm guessing you mean countries that arent backed by the coal industry.
When Australia stops burning coal and stops exporting coal, I will by an electric car (or convert my series Land Rover to electric).

Originally Posted by goingbush

Saudi Arabia is investing big in Battery & electric car tech , no flies on them.


Scarry, you should be asking yourself "Where does all the Oil Come from" Its all bloody imported, and the countries we rely upon for it have us over a barrel, literally . They could cut supply & bring this country to its knees.

Electricity is a no brainer really.

I remember being told years ago (like 15+ years ago) that BP was one of the biggest holders of patents in solar tech. Whether this means it was a way to catch and kill the tech in favour of oil of a form if insurance for when oil does fall from favour I couldn't say.

It does stand to reason the oil companies would be ahead of the curve though.

Out of interest, how many people have watched 'Who Killed the Electric Car'? Its a bit prophetic given GM's present stance on electric cars.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Most of the power to charge these electric vehicles will come from ourselves, My meagre 5kw solar provides 3x more than my car needs.

Also using Oil to generate power and then use that power in an EV is actually more efficient than using oil to power the car itself. I'd use 1/3 less petrol in a small generator to go 100km , that I would in the LandRovers petrol tank. The bigger the generator the more efficient.

Quote from Stand by, Australia, for the electric car revolution

"One of the challenges that will come from the big increase in electric vehicles in Australia will be the demands on the electricity grid. An extra one million electric cars is the equivalent of 5.2 terawatt hours of power demand. This is about a 2 per cent increase in overall grid demand."

GB, do you have storage for your house solar?

For this of us that work generally drive during the day and need our car everyday therefore we would need to store power made through the day so we could charge at night.....hang on we will need to start drawing more from the net or install more panels

We don’t have solar, have a pool and is air con....we ain’t very power savey ATM

I’d like to think our next town run around car would be electric although I would probably switch back to bicycle power.

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

I'm guessing you mean countries that arent backed by the coal industry.
When Australia stops burning coal and stops exporting coal, I will by an electric car (or convert my series Land Rover to electric).

Huge number of solar panels being installed and battery bank numbers are rising steeply. This is a boom industry worldwide. Lithium battery prices are already falling and that will accelerate. Large number of EVs and hybrid vehicles coming on the market in the coming year. This is not theoretical any more - it's happening now.
Houses will recharge their batteries during the day and EVs will recharge and then supplement the house battery bank. It's already happening.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Huge number of solar panels being installed and battery bank numbers are rising steeply. This is a boom industry worldwide. Lithium battery prices are already falling and that will accelerate. Large number of EVs and hybrid vehicles coming on the market in the coming year. This is not theoretical any more - it's happening now.
Houses will recharge their batteries during the day and EVs will recharge and then supplement the house battery bank. It's already happening.

We will have 6.5kw of solar panels and a 6 kw battery bank for under $20k - should be plenty. Price is coming down all the time.

Originally Posted by 4xsama

I remember being told years ago (like 15+ years ago) that BP was one of the biggest holders of patents in solar tech. Whether this means it was a way to catch and kill the tech in favour of oil of a form if insurance for when oil does fall from favour I couldn't say.

It does stand to reason the oil companies would be ahead of the curve though.

Out of interest, how many people have watched 'Who Killed the Electric Car'? Its a bit prophetic given GM's present stance on electric cars.

Yes I imagine GM would be in a better position now if they had developed the EV1 instead of killing it off.


I think BP were hedging their bets,
BP to acquire the UK’s largest electric vehicle charging company | Press releases | Media | BP


Shell are waking up too
Shell owns more EV charging units than gas stations | Driving the Nation

Originally Posted by scarry

Why ask a question when we all know the answer?

No one seems to have any idea where all the power to charge these electric vehicles will come from.

here you go Scarry

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