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Yeah, but your dishwasher or washing machine isn't the big electricity eater.

Your car is. And honestly, you'd rather charge the car at night so that you don't blow a fuse when you're running the dishwasher, microwave, dryer, oven, induction stove and charging your car :)

I have never blown a fuse being getting an EV, and so far still only once.

But charging at night is preferable for that reason, and I couldn't care so long as it's ready by 7am.

Load shifting EVs is easy, and this moves a lot of load. It was never about moving all load.



It would be preferable to charge the car in solar panel shaded parking lots at work during the day. You have to charge it at home, because charging EVs has only recently entered architectural and city planning. For the most part, EVs are the battery to buffer peak sun energy.




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