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Hold up. The car's AC moves heat from inside the car, to outside the car. You cannot cool a garage by running the AC on the car.It would have been really cool if all Teslas had a 120V outlet installed somewhere…I’ve always wondered what the argument against would be.
To answer the question though, if you have a closed in garage, you could crank up the AC and hang out in the space for a few hours.
Ah that’s right. I did not think that through. That’s what I get for solutioning without caffeine.Hold up. The car's AC moves heat from inside the car, to outside the car. You cannot cool a garage by running the AC on the car.
Yeah, watch the F150 Lightning ads.Bi-directional charging is already available on some EVs.
Nissan Leaf as home energy device: Wallbox will soon enable it in the U.S.
Coming later this year, the Quasar will allow bi-directional DC charging and, with a utility disconnect, let your Leaf or other CHAdeMO electric car serve as backup power.www.greencarreports.com
Sure. Just hook up an inverter to the DC-DC converter under the rear seat. Look at past posts in this thread to see how others have done it.We are experiencing very heavy rain and largest flood since 2011. We are told that we could loose power at any time.
My question:
If I fully charge my Tesla now, what are the possible ways I could utilize the power stored in the car in case of black out? (I have other petrol cars to drive around.)
Looks like Ford has developed an affordable bi-directional charging station for their F-150 pickup truck.Yeah, watch the F150 Lightning ads.
Correct per the article...Keep in mind that there is additional equipment necessary to enable the "Intelligent Backup Power" feature. The Ford Charge Station Pro is not the only thing required. We don't yet know what all is included in Ford's "Home Integration System" that will be sold by Sunpower, how much that hardware will cost, and how much installation labor will typically cost.
This EVSE alone, without the additional equipment, will be equivalent to a Tesla Gen2 Wall Connector, delivering up to 80A to charge a vehicle.
You have an efficient car. Charging mi/hr depends completely on driving efficiency. The rest is straight kW that the EVSE is able to deliver. Clearly the Standard Range Lightning has a smaller on-board charger than the Extended Range truck which is why it is quoted with a lower mi/hr charging rate.I get 30 mi/hr of charge drawing only 32 amps at 240 volts.
"PG&E and GM aim to test the pilot’s first vehicle-to-home capable EV and charger by summer 2022. The pilot will include the use of bidirectional hardware coupled with software-defined communications protocols that will enable power to flow from a charged EV into a customer’s home, automatically coordinating between the EV, home and PG&E’s electric supply. The pilot will include multiple GM EVs."
"Following lab testing, PG&E and GM plan to test vehicle-to-home interconnection allowing a small subset of customers’ homes to safely receive power from the EV when power stops flowing from the electric grid. Through this field demonstration, PG&E and GM aim to develop a user-friendly vehicle-to-home customer experience for this new technology. Both teams are working quickly to scale the pilot with the goal of opening larger customer trials by the end of 2022."
I have a couple of electric devices, coffee maker, laser printer, that draw around 1500 watts peak, especially at startup. Is there any way to tap into my Model 3 battery to power such devices when I am out camping, for example?
Thanks!
Not a problem if you connect directly to the 12V battery and keep the load under 1KW... the HV battery will recharge the 12V battery as needed.Is there anything stopping us from plugging a small 12v inverter into the cigarette lighter or directly to the 12v battery to power some small <1800 watt load? Would the HV battery keep the 12v charged automatically?