I have heard that a lot of Texas is without power... does this mean electric car owners are not able to drive? I think so... for a lot of people without a generator, which of course, defeats the purpose of an electric car, I believe that is ironic.
Solar panels feeding your own home battery system and vehicle are a thing. They fill up your "tank" with sunshine from the sky. I have yet to have petrol fall from the sky into my gas can so I can use it; nor do I have a pump to extract oil from the ground or a refinery to process it into gsoline. But I do have 7.6kw of ground mounted panels that do a nifty job of powering my house and car. Looking to add a powerwall battery system soon. Then I can be like those you can read about in the news in TX that are the only houses in the neighborhood with power for both their home and car because their solar panels refill their batteries every day. Our solar panels have offset more than $4,500 in electric bills since we installed them, more than halfway paying for the installation that we did ourselves. Once paid off the house and car will run from the sun and we will spend the money that we used to pay for electricity on something else that means more to us. Love the site & photos!
I think most people with straight electric vehicles wouldn't be able to recharge and drive them, if they don't have a setup like Unknown.
On the flip side, several Ford F150 hybrid owners were using their trucks as generators to run power into their houses. The trucks can supposedly run up to 85 hours on a full tank of gas and are quieter than a normal generator.
I keep my electric car mostly full most of the time. Easy to do when your fueling is in your garage next to the beer fridge. I rigged up an quick connect inverter that will run my fridge for about a week off the car. Last I heard, gas pumps don't work without electricity either.
You over look the obvious, a gas powered car or truck can commute for a week or two, on one tank. Most gas stations have small to medium backup generators to supply electricity for the fridges, and gas pumps, so they can sell cold beer and gas when all the weather related problems cause black outs, as well as state caused rolling blackouts here in Southern California. So, gas pumps might need electricity, but gas stations are aware of that, and plan ahead, unlike Texas v winter. I love your fridge backup power!
Solar panels feeding your own home battery system and vehicle are a thing. They fill up your "tank" with sunshine from the sky. I have yet to have petrol fall from the sky into my gas can so I can use it; nor do I have a pump to extract oil from the ground or a refinery to process it into gsoline. But I do have 7.6kw of ground mounted panels that do a nifty job of powering my house and car. Looking to add a powerwall battery system soon. Then I can be like those you can read about in the news in TX that are the only houses in the neighborhood with power for both their home and car because their solar panels refill their batteries every day.
ReplyDeleteOur solar panels have offset more than $4,500 in electric bills since we installed them, more than halfway paying for the installation that we did ourselves. Once paid off the house and car will run from the sun and we will spend the money that we used to pay for electricity on something else that means more to us.
Love the site & photos!
I think most people with straight electric vehicles wouldn't be able to recharge and drive them, if they don't have a setup like Unknown.
ReplyDeleteOn the flip side, several Ford F150 hybrid owners were using their trucks as generators to run power into their houses. The trucks can supposedly run up to 85 hours on a full tank of gas and are quieter than a normal generator.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/02/18/texas-power-outage-storm-blackout-ford-f-150-generator/6797103002/
I keep my electric car mostly full most of the time. Easy to do when your fueling is in your garage next to the beer fridge. I rigged up an quick connect inverter that will run my fridge for about a week off the car. Last I heard, gas pumps don't work without electricity either.
ReplyDeleteYou over look the obvious, a gas powered car or truck can commute for a week or two, on one tank. Most gas stations have small to medium backup generators to supply electricity for the fridges, and gas pumps, so they can sell cold beer and gas when all the weather related problems cause black outs, as well as state caused rolling blackouts here in Southern California. So, gas pumps might need electricity, but gas stations are aware of that, and plan ahead, unlike Texas v winter.
DeleteI love your fridge backup power!