Cost-Justifying EV Charging Stations
As evidenced by this article, building EV charging stations that combine solar charging, batteries, and grid backup is still considered news, though there have been hundreds of examples of systems that do this. In fact, one of my “Craig Shields … At Your Service” clients was EV for Oregon, which offered this work of art.
Can solutions like this work? I guess we have to define “work.” Obviously, there is nothing theoretically impossible about the idea, but that doesn’t make them practical. The price tag of one of these bad boys is well into six figures, making the process of justifying the investment a considerable challenge.
“The price tag of one of these bad boys is well into six figures, making the process of justifying the investment a considerable challenge.”
That seems very expensive. It would be interesting to see the costs itemized.
Well, I suppose the “Well into six figures” would be acceptable if 2 things I know aren’t true, were.
1) it included both vehicles
2) it included the land it’s sitting on
But, I suppose the fact that you could sell electricity back to the grid when you weren’t getting paid by a customer to charge their car could make it worth it.
Otherwise it’s a loss.