I'm curious how road conditions will affect this. EVs are generally far heavier than their combustion-powered counterparts, and road conditions can play hell on cars that are heavy.
On top of that if charging infrastructure is slow to be built-out or if it's more easily damaged in conflicts, it may be hard to get drivers off of gasoline as a fuel that only requires a jug and a funnel to refuel with out in rural areas.
>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.
This statement is completely false. The article actually goes into great detail on the costs of the solar-off-grid (SOG) charging system and includes SOG costs in the total cost of ownership calculations.
"The SOG CAPEX consists of four hard-cost components, the solar PV panel, inverter, stationary lithium-ion battery and balance of system (BOS), and one soft-cos
>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.
This statement is completely false.
Yes, you are correct, and my statement is incorrect.
I think I missed that SOG analysis because in Figure 1, the SOG (solar off grid) costs are so low. I had expected them to be much higher. In the study, the household car is associated with a 2.5 kWp system with an associated 6 kWh battery. That means that the SOG can provide an average range of somewhere around 30 miles per day.
The costs in Africa are also far cheaper than in the US. A 5kW solar PV system with 5kW of stationary battery storage is quote
This makes my head hurt. I've never even heard of electric can openers. The linked can opener is a very advanced non-electric one. I mean, people should know how to use a pocket-knife can-opener.
And if you don't have that, a knife will do - as long as it's not a nice, sharp knife that you value.
The cheapest option will be to buy a US college graduation's student loan and have him pull a rickshaw until he pays you back.
I'm curious how road conditions will affect this. EVs are generally far heavier than their combustion-powered counterparts, and road conditions can play hell on cars that are heavy.
On top of that if charging infrastructure is slow to be built-out or if it's more easily damaged in conflicts, it may be hard to get drivers off of gasoline as a fuel that only requires a jug and a funnel to refuel with out in rural areas.
>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.
This statement is completely false. The article actually goes into great detail on the costs of the solar-off-grid (SOG) charging system and includes SOG costs in the total cost of ownership calculations.
"The SOG CAPEX consists of four hard-cost components, the solar PV panel, inverter, stationary lithium-ion battery and balance of system (BOS), and one soft-cos
>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.
This statement is completely false.
Yes, you are correct, and my statement is incorrect.
I think I missed that SOG analysis because in Figure 1, the SOG (solar off grid) costs are so low. I had expected them to be much higher. In the study, the household car is associated with a 2.5 kWp system with an associated 6 kWh battery. That means that the SOG can provide an average range of somewhere around 30 miles per day.
The costs in Africa are also far cheaper than in the US. A 5kW solar PV system with 5kW of stationary battery storage is quote
This makes my head hurt. I've never even heard of electric can openers. The linked can opener is a very advanced non-electric one. I mean, people should know how to use a pocket-knife can-opener.
And if you don't have that, a knife will do - as long as it's not a nice, sharp knife that you value.