While the original poster may have meant something different, the part that will be mandatory is that your vehicle will be capable of doing bidirectional charging.
Yes. The Anker has 1600 or 1000 watts of input. As luck would have it the Rivian has 1500 watts of output. the battery should qualify for the 30% tax credit so this was a good short term alternative until I install solar. But currently I pay .11 per kwh and installers in my area are $3 kwh and 10k for a battery so it is hard to justify a $50k solar installation
I don't like any mandates. But if you are correct, it just means the cost of BEVs are artificially inflated by unnecessary mandates instead of a mandate that forces me to use my private property for something I don't want to use it for. That is easier to swallow, even though it is still wrong. Forcing me to pay for something I don't want isn't a good thing.
Cost is negligible, and it has many potential uses in emergencies. Thou protests to much. I suppose you also object to cars having to be equipped with seat belts that you don't want.
The cost to install the equipment needed to send power from your vehicle to the grid isn't negligible. And the wear on the battery if it is being used daily to support the grid isn't negligible. I might be willing to VOLUNTARILY allow my car to be used to support the grid if, and only if, the compensation is profitable for me. Period.
Your response is very reasonable. It is true I have not read about all the different versions of the mandates they are considering.
You really think any regulation is going to have you footing the bill for other's power? I think a big part of this is about smoothing out demand so we don't have peak and off-peak rates. If you charge at $0.15 and discharge some power when it's $0.30 -- you're likely to be paid for the effort. Any other scheme is going to be about as popular as stage 4 cancer.
I agree, unless the actions being regulated impact other people. I'm extremely opposed to people exhausting their vehicle emission into my air. In fact, it should be illegal by 2050 unless circumstances prevent the regulation from being feasible. Nothing sucks more than some clown who thinks the earth's atmosphere is his to shit on.
Yes, I do think they will try to force me to subsidize others against my will. They do it already in other areas.
I totally disagree with your comparison. Our air is very clean and it isn't impacting my health at all. Unless you have some sort of medical condition, the same is true for you.
Well, thankfully most of the world listens to scientists and action is being taken. If the market was left to govern itself, DDT and asbestos would be everywhere. Along with CFCs, 1980s levels of SO2 & NOx.
Well, most of the world, except about half the US. And maybe a few in other petrol and/or far right countries.
