Vehicle to Load V2L

Oscarmax

irjmorris said:

I am lucky enough to have an EV which has the V2L  vehicle to load feature 
I very rarely used my tumble dryer as it just gobbles up electricity 
However on occasions I use it now and use my car to run it, then when I get my cheap 6p per kWh tarriff just replace the charge used from my cars  battery 
If you have any other electric guzzling devices you need to use in the day do the same although I can only think of tumble dryer

We are in the fortunate position of having both solar panels and a battery, if it save you money and ticks all your green credentials good for you, I look forward to V2H w will utilise that battery rather than leave it sitting idle.

born_again

Quite funny about the comments about degrading battery..

RSEV on u tube. Bought 3 year old Tesla, 218,000 miles. battery is still at 88%

Using a tumble dryer is not even going to tickle the battery in terms of degradation. 😶‍🌫️

OP just go for it.

Scot_39

The fact that manufacturers will often only guarantee say 70% capacity after say 8 years or 100,000 miles tells me all I need to know about the risk of running an older EV.

As does the cost of replacing the battery and associated power electronic packs if it does fail.

As does the cost of insuring an EV vs the equivalent ICE model - partly higher reportedly due to the risk of the car being written off if battery damaged at a far younger age than normal ICE.

RE Youtube example.

Tesla themselves do offer a better guarantee on some of their more expensive models - but only in terms of mileage and not age - upto 150,000 miles for S and X in fact - but the basic models like 3 and standard range Y - are still 70% 8 years / 100,000.

https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/support/vehicle-warranty

So that series of warranties alone begs another obvious question - why only variable mileage and why not age ? 

If Tesla were more confident - of the example video type performance - you seem to think I should accept as a vallid counter to my posting - despite it being a much younger vehicle then I was referrring to.

Perhaps you might want to consider why they and other manufacturuers wont provide a better battery / associated power electronics warranty.

From another brands EU site

https://www.hyundai.com/eu/electrification/owning-an-electric-vehicle/reasons-why/maintenance-service.html

The battery of an electric car loses efficiency over time and may need to be replaced. However, this is not classified as "regular maintenance", as it has a lifetime of at least a decade. All Hyundai Electric Vehicles enjoy a warranty for the lithium-ion polymer battery for 8 years or 160,000 km....

As the driver of a car that is already approaching 13 years old - and if looked after - the engine is probably good for a least double its current mileage if not triple - that "at least a decade" - is also hardly reassuring.