Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

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Yeah ESA absolutely does not want people only pulling at night to charge battery banks. Utilities would lose a fortune. I've watched YT videos on using Volt or Leaf batteries to make a backup, but it could only be used here in a power outage and with a transfer switch/disconnect.

I also looked at Volthium , they make backup batteries and UPS's as well but same ESA rules.

At least in my particular case, in a power loss situation I can just use the vehicle battery to pull load from and keep the refrigerator, freezer etc working. Even at 75% charge I have about 60 kW of usable power available from the Prologue, and about 45 kW from the Niro.
 
GreyGhost said:
I was contemplating a vehicle battery pack and ulo rates to time shift (charge battery overnight, run house off battery during the day). Esa ruined that plan. Paying for a commercial battery is not economically beneficial.
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Are commercial & approved batteries that much more expensive than a vehicle's pack? I haven't checked prices in the last few months, but last fall the prices for solar-designed battery banks have become so cheap (ordering from China) that it almost doesn't make sense to build your own pack from individual cells anymore (LiFePo4).
 
Xhumeka said:
Are commercial & approved batteries that much more expensive than a vehicle's pack? I haven't checked prices in the last few months, but last fall the prices for solar-designed battery banks have become so cheap (ordering from China) that it almost doesn't make sense to build your own pack from individual cells anymore (LiFePo4).
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ESA needs certified batteries and other requirements. I don't know if the china batteries would comply. Bulletin 64-8-2 provides lots of guardrails. The rules keep changing. When I was looking, below grade was impossible. It looks like they allow below grade now. That helps me as I have a cold room that could become a battery bunker.
 
This was a recently recommended battery by the solar nerds: https://www.enersour.com/Wall-Mounted-Battery-E3-51-2V-300Ah-314Ah-pd775302098.html

cell certifications: CE, UL, IEC 62109-1&-2, IEC 62477, EN61000, UN38.3

battery certifications: CE, UN38.3, MSDS, DG

The 16.077 kWh version delivered to Canada (after freight/customs/etc) came in at under $2,000 CAD apparently - not sure how that price compares to a vehicle pack but it's hard to beat that price building your own from cells.
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