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Scientists caution against charging electric vehicles at home overnight
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this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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Basically they want people to charge during the daytime when solar power is available, instead of in the evening when the grid is strained by higher demand and lack of renewable energy.
EVs have timers in them to prevent them from charging during peak demand or high electric cost hours. My power company charges triple rates from 2pm-7pm weekdays. We just have the EV timer set to not charge during that window.
Holy crap! Triple for those hours?!
I have a western facing home solar array, for me that is most of my prime power generating hours (besides winter months, of course). 2:30pm to 3pm is my peak generation of the day. I just checked my numbers and I'm still generating more than my house consumes until about 8pm. This will change a bit when it gets hotter and the AC is running more.