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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
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this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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If I lived in rural US where the power is not guaranteed I would install PV and use my car as a power backup.
That sounds rather expensive (if PV is photovoltaic). And I was not aware that cars were built to supply power like that.
Yeah, I meant photovoltaic with PV. At least in Europe it's gotten really cheap.
There are mutiple ways to use the energy that is stored in electric cards. There's "Vehicle to Load" (V2L) for plugging appliances directly into the car, "Vehicle to Home" (V2H) for connecting your home to the car and "Vehicle to grid" for connecting the car to the power grid and selling the stored energy.
"Vehicle to load" is also useful when going camping or when you need power when there's no outlet near you. You just need a car that supports it and a small adapter.
In America it's gotten cheap too. You can buy panels at harbor freight these days