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BluePen7 | 2 years ago

I just hope this furthers V2L adoption, unfortunately due to the wait times for an Ioniq 5, I had to settle for a Tesla.

Frustrates me so much that I drive a massive power bank on wheels, but have no way to get that power back out of the car.

I mainly desire it for home backup, and potentially charging another EV, as far as the grid goes I think this is just another attempt by PG&E to avoid investing in their own infrastructure at the expense of people's car's charge cycles.

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mikestew|2 years ago

I just hope this furthers V2L adoption

I would argue that would furthers more V2L adoption is more blackouts. It's one of the reasons I'm selling our Honda generator: have a Hyundai Ioniq 5, what do I need a 2000W generator for? What did I ever need the Honda for? Blackouts.

BluePen7|2 years ago

Ironically due to being unable to get the Ioniq 5 and ending up with the Tesla, I'm now in the market for a generator. If it's the quiet model and you live in western Canada, I'd be interested.

The Tesla even voids your warranty if you try and use a inverter from the cigarette lighter, such BS. I'm now worse off in emergencies than I was with my old gas car.

So far I've had to buy one of those AC camping batteries to keep the internet on, as during outages everyone's phones simultaneously switch to LTE/4G making it unusably slow.

I'm still buying a gas generator for heating, as my home heating is natural gas so I technically only need to power the fan/thermostat.