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3eb7988a1663 • today at 5:33 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

My thinking is that driving has a typical burn rate (eg 1 kWh/mile or whatever), so the battery will be designed around this load pattern. Using it as a battery backup may be pulling a lot faster than optimal and cause additional wear.

It is probably only a minor impact, but I could believe it is outside the design constraints.


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eldaisfish • today at 7:04 PM

driving an obese, modern EV at highway speeds of around 100 km/h uses about 20 kW.

The average house in the US and Canada uses between 2 - 5 kW around 98% of the time.

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