Bugger Off Edf Lol

[stompe]

http://www.worldcarf...me-power-system

[Grumpy Cabbie]

Bring it on! :)

[Lorna2]

You can read about it here too http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-brings-plug-in-power-to-your-front-door :)

[stompe]

You can read about it here too http://blog.toyota.c...your-front-door :)

Cheers Lorna

[junebug1701]

I can purchase a standby generator that will power my entire home using diesel or natural gas for about $4700--a fraction of what a Prius would cost. That would have come in handy during the last 3 hurricanes we went through. Just can't drive it!

[Grumpy Cabbie]

But you'd never get away with that here in the UK; at least not if you live in a town or city because of noise and pollution issues. Houses are much closer together here in the UK and even Japan, so what you might get away with in America, you won't here.

The system in the above article means you can be self sufficient in power by using your home PV, a home Battery and your electric vehicle. Is the system financially viable? At the moment no, but with electricity costs increasing between 10% & 20% per YEAR here in the UK, it won't take long before it is.

The reason I like it is because 'I' would be in control of my own electricity generation and not subject to the continual price increases caused by the speculators. It's getting to the point that using Grid electricity is the expensive electricity of last resort. I also have no sympathy for EDF, NPower and the like as they've taken the p**s big style this last 10 years with over inflation increases and with this product they can go get stuffed.

[ian rooke]

Hi if the car can run the house (10kw per day for 4 days)it would cost £6.08*10*365/4= £5548 per year plus 1 knackered engine not a real bargain as I see it, afraid the electricity company has it at the moment.

[Grumpy Cabbie]

The engine will not often come on as it was refering to the PIP which has a 4.4kwh Battery. Now whilst that will only last an hour if you ran your washing machine and kettle, for much of the time a basic household load is about 1 or 2 kwh. And the car is only a back up from the solar PV and the household Battery system (redundant electric car batteries).

Ideal situation is solar PV charges the household Battery during the day. Car is charged from system and any short fall is backed up from the grid. Assuming grid goes down for a while the household battery AND the car can top up as required. If the household battery runs low (a couple of very cloudy days), then the car will take up the strain (again assuming grid is down).

Personally the PIP isn't the best car for this. I've seen similar systems using the Nissan Leaf with its 24 kwh battery. That could run a house for a week (obviously depending on the house).