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This is the part I'm curious about as well. The chargers won't be used much, so they can store up energy for infrequent usage, but what happens on a busy driving weekend like Thanksgiving? It's that peak demand I'm really curious how they'll support.Since I can't see one tiny solar array over a few parking spots generating enough power (even with local energy storage) to support more than the infrequent charge of a Model S for most parts of the country.
What city is the event going to be in?
This was from the Supercharger event invite sent out today. Possibly what it'll look like?
Who did they invite?
Seems like SoCal reservation holders were invited.
Looks like a solar roofed carport.
This is the part I'm curious about as well. The chargers won't be used much, so they can store up energy for infrequent usage, but what happens on a busy driving weekend like Thanksgiving? It's that peak demand I'm really curious how they'll support.
This was from the Supercharger event invite sent out today. Possibly what it'll look like?
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As for your other questions about charging. It would make sense if the charging station stored excess energy in batteries, but it wouldn't make sense to charge them from grid power. It would make sense if the batteries were charged via solar cells. When cars come up to use the charger, if there is enough energy available in the station's batteries, the energy is taken from there, otherwise, it will come straight from the power grid. It wouldn't make sense to charge batteries from the power grid since some energy would be lost in the transfer to and from the battery, and the grid power is (ideally) available 24/7 and it's NOT going to waste if you're not using it. i.e., grid power that the station is not using is power that the power plant doesn't need to generate.
Solar power on the other hand, is always beating down on the station during the day, whether it's being used or not. So you might as well capture it and save as much as you can into batteries, otherwise, it will just not be used by anything and go to waste (well it does warm our earth and power our eco system and make possible the glorious miracle of life, but that aside...).