Zeke Schmois

Engineering lead of a few awesome HubSpot Automation FE teams. Side hustles: everything energy from heat pumps to EVs to geothermal (all types) to grids

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@itskyleconner Not surprising and yet we're all a little sad they were lying after all

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@SawyerMerritt At an average of $2/kWh payout during peak grid stress events, and at roughly 60 hours a year for these events, a Cybertruck's 11.5kW max Powershare discharge rate would average 800kWh discharged a year, or about $1400, or about 1500 "miles" of strain on the battery

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@EdKrassen @StephenM @grok It's funny because people think that illegal immigrants would willingly risk exposure by committing fraud and trying to vote. Their goal is to eventually find a way to become Americans, which is what most of us want, right?

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@brandenflasch We (energy committees) in New England have helped in the past with businesses looking to install L3 chargers. There are usually fantastic rebates if you make them publicly available. I checked and IL does indeed have programs to cover up to 80% the cost. That's my guess.

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@brandenflasch The thing is, if EREVs and PHEVs with larger batteries become the default, as illogical and inefficient as it sounds, it would still drive down costs of batteries and create more electric drivetrain cars. Then the leap to BEV becomes far easier.

You're not wrong though.

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@ZenithX71 @niccruzpatane Sure, and a potato is also all the same parts (elements) rearranged.

A traditional ICE delivers power directly to a transmission that moves the wheels. A generator moves the electricity producing solenoid.

They have different parts, different goals, and different efficiencies

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@ZenithX71 @niccruzpatane It's not all the same parts but I get your point about the public not understanding that. The idea could be that this removes one of the last standing (real) arguments against EVs: range and charge speed. Time will tell

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@JerryTurin @niccruzpatane Yes

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@ZenithX71 @niccruzpatane They claimed EREVs, which are substantially different from traditional hybrid engines. In the former, an electric drivetrain is used while the gas generator extends the battery capacity.

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@Bananas_R_Silly @davidntracy @niccruzpatane Why would you need more than 45 minutes to charge?

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@brandenflasch The silent majority will still prefer cars with higher mpg ratings. Sure, the f250s and Escalades will now get away with higher emissions, but idk how many will welcome the lower efficiency numbers

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@FredLambert It would be cool to have skid steer generic attachment available. The current "plow" has no springs so it struggles on curved roads. Still a pleasure vs my previous ATV setup

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Thanks again to Nesher for the great machine and @Bastien_Theron for the original post that led me here. This electric tractor loader is absolutely NH winter ready. It made easy work of 6'' wet snow on my 300ft, steep driveway @Nesher_Canada

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@brandenflasch Those palm trees are not gonna tow themselves. Actually, fun fact I learned as an adult: Palm trees are made of grass. There is no such thing as "palm tree lumber".

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@niccruzpatane Probably 16A though, right?

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@brandenflasch This is nice and all, but now we need Tesla to find a way to retrofit FSD on other cars. Once the majority of cars are self driven, things like changing lanes to "beat the traffic" go away, traffic lights disappear, and parking becomes trivial. That's the dream

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@geutz88 @spotted_model Relax there. I was pointing out the silly grammar error, which was only ironic after the comment about kids needing better education

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@geutz88 @spotted_model Tesla's what?

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@dad_uff @jksaltman @brandenflasch @itskyleconner Support is great because the dude that runs the American rebranding operation really believes in them. I haven't had to get parts yet. Time will tell but they claim to be and to get them easily.

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@dad_uff @jksaltman @brandenflasch @itskyleconner Exactly. It's twelve 6V AGM lead acid batteries to get to the 72V working voltage. They're each 200Ah so 14.4kWh. As for the cold, we're at about 32F now here in NH and doing really well. The charger is meh. It's a standard 12A 120v and uses 9W on standby for some reason