If utilities have to pay car owners an realistic amount for prematurely degrading their batteries this would be uneconomical. Thus this is either hoping for car-owners being ignorant and only realizing it a few years later or it will never take off.
Usually it is no problem for utilities to get a loan for installing grid tied batteries, as it is nearly an guaranteed payback and they can either buy better suited battery technology or recycled car batteries in bulk for it.
Maybe if the technology allows running them completely separate from the grid for personal battery backup and utilities finally pass through off-peak electricity prices to customers so that it makes sense for home owners to use their batteries during peak hours…
I don’t think it’ll be economical for a daily cycle, but there’s a good chance this comes out as a reasonable choice for the 10-15 highest-peak-demand hours per year.
If utilities have to pay car owners an realistic amount for prematurely degrading their batteries this would be uneconomical. Thus this is either hoping for car-owners being ignorant and only realizing it a few years later or it will never take off.
Usually it is no problem for utilities to get a loan for installing grid tied batteries, as it is nearly an guaranteed payback and they can either buy better suited battery technology or recycled car batteries in bulk for it.
Maybe if the technology allows running them completely separate from the grid for personal battery backup and utilities finally pass through off-peak electricity prices to customers so that it makes sense for home owners to use their batteries during peak hours…
I don’t think it’ll be economical for a daily cycle, but there’s a good chance this comes out as a reasonable choice for the 10-15 highest-peak-demand hours per year.