[fireboy92k]

I know a lot of you have 'wished for' more communication from VW while waiting on your car. Today I got a nice e-mail from them about how 'charging' a car is different than a 'gas' car.

Thought I'd share.

 

[Don]

There's a 4th way - Tesla Destination Chargers. Free in many (most?) places

Don

 

[Froggy]

Or Don, the Golden Nugget Casino has free J1772 charging.

 

[VW TECHNICIAN]

Solar panels on house are the best addition to EV.

 

[fireboy92k]

There's a 4th way - Tesla Destination Chargers. Free in many (most?) places

Don

True, though you have to buy a $250 adapter to use it. Probably not something VW wants to advertise.

 

[Don]

Mine was $199 from Amazon

Don

 

[izzyid4]

If time does not matter when to charge since I work at home and only does errands 4 times per week. A house of 34 panels, should I be charging anytime during my lowest TOU (9p to 3p) or wait til the sun comes out and the panels are producing?

 

[Stinsy]

Solar panels, a house battery, and a ToU electricity tariff all perfectly augment EV ownership!

 

[SunWizard]

If time does not matter when to charge since I work at home and only does errands 4 times per week. A house of 34 panels, should I be charging anytime during my lowest TOU (9p to 3p) or wait til the sun comes out and the panels are producing?

It depends on where you are located. and how your solar metering works. If you are credited during the day at a higher rate for the power you feed to the grid, then charge at night during the lowest TOU. Coal fired plants have so much excess capacity late at night they could power millions of EV's without burning any more coal.

 

[Don]

That's true, but if his utility is only giving him a few cents per Kwh for his daytime surplus and then charging him more than that for his night time power, it would make more sense to use some of that daytime surplus to charge, rather than practically giving it away to the power company and then paying more to get it back at night

As you said, it all depends on how his agreement with the utility works

Don

 

[izzyid4]

My TOU is best from 9pm to 4pm. I'm just new to this whole home solar and electric vehicle game and it seem common sense to charge the car during the day when the panels are producing until 3:59pm or it does not matter if the sun is out or not since the system sees the total usage and not the individual appliances.

 

[SunWizard]

All that matters to you is the terms of your solar metering and your TOU plan, and every utility is different. Here we have net metering where solar is credited at the same price as charged ($0.10/kwh). I have heard that CA is getting so much solar that its more than needed on some days and they may play with the amount the plans pay. Each TOU plan can be different so you have to read the terms, or find someone on here with the same utility and plan as you who might know.

 

[ChristophW]

All that matters to you is the terms of your solar metering and your TOU plan, and every utility is different. Here we have net metering where solar is credited at the same price as charged ($0.10/kwh). I have heard that CA is getting so much solar that its more than needed on some days and they may play with the amount the plans pay. Each TOU plan can be different so you have to read the terms, or find someone on here with the same utility and plan as you who might know.

Actually, CA utilities plan to push more charges to residential solar owners with the argument that other rate payers subsidize us. The current proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission for Net Metering 3.0 would make it financially unattractive to add residential solar. If it passed, and I would add my system under those terms, I would be paying substantially more than before solar. Nuts! CA residents reading this can get involved at https://solarrights.org/savesolarupdate/

Back to car charging: I really value and appreciate that I can charge my ID4 with my own, already paid electricity. My wife and I call our EV driving gulitfree miles.

 

[SunWizard]

Actually, CA utilities plan to push more charges to residential solar owners with the argument that other rate payers subsidize us.

Sorry to hear that. Its very wrong and utilities nationwide have been trying to ruin solar net metering but they usually fail. I was referring to something thats been happening the last few years, which has been causing different parts of CA to change their TOU rates and times:
"The state’s fleet of solar farms and rooftop panels frequently generate more electricity than Californians use during the middle of the day — a phenomenon that has sent lawmakers and some climate advocates scrambling to find ways to save the extra sunlight rather than let it go to waste. "
From:

California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers

California set two renewable energy records last week: the most solar power ever flowing on the state’s main electric grid, and the most solar power ever taken offline because it wasn’t needed.

www.latimes.com