Comment on Scientists caution against charging electric vehicles at home overnight
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours agoYou just need to avoid peak evening hours to avoid overloading the grid, and a timer set to start at 1am solves this perfectly fine.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
I’m not sure you’re talking about the same thing the paper is about. The overall load is lower, but the mix of power types is different.
Specifically, in California, there’s a HUGE difference in power generation types overnight than during the day. There’s excess capacity until the sun goes down due to solar. If you look ahead to everyone driving EVs, and then assume that everyone charges at night, then the power problem is completely different than what it is today.