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Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars. The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It also serves the purpose of a generator, and with solar you might be able to cut your grid draw to basically zero

The fire risk is generally overstated, plus different battery tech, like sodium, are much less flammable. Weight and size are much less of an issue, so as adoption increases they're going to get much cheaper and longer lasting as production ramps up

Not to mention it does meaningfully reduce load on the grid with increased adoption. Not everything needs to be financially min-maxed... If you've got the money, it's a good thing to invest in

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 4 days ago

If you want the battery bank for grid independence, it’ll do that

We have a little battery (1200Wh) that will run the refrigerator overnight, so if a storm is on the way we set that in-line incase the power goes out, don't worry about the freezer - we can get the gasoline generator cranked up in the morning if needed. They call it a generator, it's as heavy as a generator, but only outputs the power that you get from about 8 ounces of gasoline before it's needing a recharge.