Electric Handmade Car

^{Welcome to the restored website of converted MR2 sports car ZEV240 - a zero-emissions-vehicle.}

Subsidies for PVs not EVs

Another of Life's wonderful ironies is that I was once offered a retail subsidy of ~$4,000 to install PVs (photovoltaic cells) on my roof BUT there is no equivalent subsidy for taking a petrol-guzzler off the road - which reduces air pollution and stops consuming hard-to-replace oil.
The PV subsidy was an attempt to distort 'normal' macro-economic behaviour, and it worked. Clearly too well, as it has largely been dismantled here in Perth, Australia. The effort we put into 'getting the settings right' when we want to effect long term change can be remarkably effective.


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That EV grin driving a 100% electric car is hard to supress sometimes. Especially when another laddie tries to race, and all I can think is, 'Ive already won this race Sir; it's the Carbon Race'.

General Feedback

EVs will solve Peak Load?

Power stations have to handle both PEAK load and BASE load. This involves huge compromises. EVs are beautifully positioned to help address some of the peak load pressure.

It's not that we dont have enough power stations. The problem is we use power variably - at peak times we draw two or three times the minimum load - but the poor old power stations need to be able to handle the PEAK load.

If everyone had some power source they could connect to the grid at peak times, we would all reduce the peak load demand. If there were lots of EVs with lots of batteries... Imagine that? Is it practical?

lets do some calculations...

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