One of the reasons some utilities started throttling feed-in tariff generation was the grid couldn't handle anymore without significant upgrades. Many of these are in residential and rural areas. The wires don't care which way the electrons move but a lot of the equipment, including safety elements, do. Most of the grid was designed and built to move power one way.
I guess this derail could all go over to the electric vehicle thread…
Correct- he could get a permit to get a 200A panel.
I mostly agree. Under our system of public money mostly funding grid and large-scale generation development, there is no way they could have justified funding future capacity even if they were able to predict the future, which I'm not sure they could have. Even in systems such as the US which is largely or at least more privately funded, there is no way it was going to happen without guarantees of future profitability.
Ask and you can receive ....
There was a fantastic, but missed, opportunity in Eastern Canada to do so following the Ice Storm of 1998. The region of QC where I work, an Ice Storm affected area, is still prone to power failures due to moderate wind, light ice, heavy rain and fat squirrels.
But green Canada will only be assembling the batteries. The dirty, dangerous mining of raw materials will be out of sight of the average Canadian voter.
www.timescolonist.com
Some use rented space in industrial areas, and some landlords have been reluctant to even allow the storage of EVs on property. I recall reading that one or two yards are located under the elevated Gardiner Expressway, which brings it's won potential problems.
Many in Sanctuary City want the Gardner gone, from what I hear. Perhaps they're playing the long game
Better get a bunch of mid-life and life-extension work done on my vehicles. They're about to become investment-grade assets.This is insane. Selling the cars is one thing, delivering them another. Orders are already two years behind...
Final electric-vehicle mandate to come Tuesday, sales must double by 2026
Canadian auto companies sold more electric vehicles this year than ever before, but would still need to nearly double that number within three years to meet a new national mandate.
On Tuesday, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is set to reveal the final rules under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to establish Canada's first-ever nationally-regulated electric-vehicle mandate.
Guilbeault set the targets a year ago, requiring that by 2026, 20 per cent of passenger vehicles sold be zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs.
Final electric-vehicle mandate to come Tuesday, sales must double by 2026
Canadian auto companies sold more electric vehicles this year than ever before, but would still need to nearly double that number within three years to meet a new national mandate.www.ctvnews.ca
Cuba has much to teach us about keeping used vehicles on the road.
The province recently announced that they are uploading both it and the DVP as provincial highways, so I imagine the game just got a lot longer.Many in Sanctuary City want the Gardner gone, from what I hear. Perhaps they're playing the long game
We have to have both a water-filled Tupperware container and Kevlar burn-bag even to deal with electronic flight books (tablets) on board aircraft…and that’s for a 5000-1500mAh battery…90kWh battery pack on an EV Is 15000x more energy than that…it ain’t going out until it’s done shorting out…
EVs catch far alot more frequently than other types of vehicles...
Researchers from insurance deal site Auto Insurance EZ compiled sales and accident data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the National Transportation Safety Board. The site found that hybrid vehicles had the most fires per 100,000 sales at 3474.5. There were 1529.9 fires per 100k for gas vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.
And Fire Chiefs are worried...
Concerns are coming to light over how much water it takes to put out an electric vehicle (EV) fire. It comes as the federal government mandates all new vehicles to be electric by 2035.
“The technology of electric vehicles when they’re on fire is certainly changing faster than the fire service is keeping up with,” said Perth Fire Chief Bill Hunter, a firefighter educator.
Some fire services are sounding the alarm.
According to the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services, firefighters need to use up to 40 times more water to put out a fire in an EV compared to a standard gasoline car.
That’s about 40,000 gallons on average. Hunter said he’s heard reports that it has taken as much as 250,000 gallons of water to put out an EV fire, and that the vehicle can burn for days.
He said this is especially a concern for rural fire departments that don’t always have quick access to water to fight a fire.
Fire officials raise concerns over EV fires
Concerns are coming to light over how much water it takes to put out an electric vehicle (EV) fire. It comes as the federal government mandates all new vehicles to be electric by 2035.london.ctvnews.ca
And the insurance implications are interesting...
ICBC scraps 2022 electric car after owners faced with $60,000 bill to replace damaged battery
Damage to the EV’s battery voided the vehicle’s warranty and the quoted $60,000 replacement was more than a new car was worth, so ICBC wrote off and scrapped the nearly new automobile.
ICBC scraps 2022 electric car after owners faced with $60,000 bill to replace damaged battery
Damage to the EV’s battery voided the vehicle’s warranty and the quoted $60,000 replacement was more than a new car was worth, so ICBC wrote off and scrapped the nearly new automobile.
Those classic cars are just the bodies. They transplant modern diesel engines and transmissions, likely suspension and brakes also from Asian cars. We drove in one, a 52 chev if I remember that had a Kia diesel engine in it. The driver said they could never afford the gas the 52 engine would use.
