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Environment & Energy

madokie

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1. What is in it for the owners of the EV's

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 08:54 PM

Apr 2013

since a battery has a finite life how can this be good for the owners. For the most part batteries have so many charge discharge cycles and thats it so why would anyone want to increase the use of their battery. I admit I don't understand the whole concept of V2G so some help would be appreciated

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Testing for V2G goes to next level [View all] kristopher Apr 2013 OP

What is in it for the owners of the EV's madokie Apr 2013 #1

1) Batteries are expected to outlast the cars by a wide margin kristopher Apr 2013 #2

I guess that would be assuming that the batteries madokie Apr 2013 #3

A couple of your fundamental facts are not accurate. kristopher Apr 2013 #4

Where do you get the 8 years part madokie Apr 2013 #5

20K avg /yr X 8 years = 160,000 miles. kristopher Apr 2013 #7

A 10 yr lifespan under normal usage, but not with V2G included NickB79 Apr 2013 #6

True. kristopher Apr 2013 #8