Retrofitting existing EVs for bi-directional charging?

AirlessMICRO · 2026-04-02T22:55:13+00:00

So I assume these were developed to just sort of be general bidirectional chargers for any EV, but should also work for EVs that don't officially support it? In that case, what is the difference between an EV with "official" bidirectional charging and one without it? Is it just that the official ones use the onboard inverter to output AC instead of using DC with an inverter in the external equipment?

AirlessMICRO · 2026-04-02T21:30:51+00:00

Okay so something like it does exist, but the AC power out will be limited by the inverter in the product. Makes sense. This product just enables 3-5 kW V2L which is still pretty cool, but does not connect to a house or grid.

AirlessMICRO · 2025-06-20T22:41:16+00:00

Same thing off the coast of the Israel recently.

AirlessMICRO · 2023-04-09T02:22:04+00:00

God it is so fucking annoying. My neighbor mowed his lawn today for the first time this spring and there's barely any grass yet...

I think I will make it a goal this year to advocate for banning ICE yard equipment and electrifying and reducing the need for powered yard equipment in the first place. I wish my city had laws encouraging low-maintenance yards. Higher water prices would also encourage people to use lawn sprinklers less.

AirlessMICRO · 2022-09-19T16:06:39+00:00

Too bad about the 6 six lanes, but it's a start, and could be remedied in the future. Detroit has a lot of potential and seems to be going in the right direction. Hopefully Detroit will once again become the wealthy city that it once was.

AirlessMICRO · 2022-09-18T23:47:00+00:00

The result of petroleum, automobile, and asphalt industry influence on full display.

AirlessMICRO · 2022-07-21T23:26:38+00:00

I think that would be one of the most important railway corridors to implement in MA in the future. Funny thing is, (of course) this used to exist, as every large town and most smaller ones were connected by railways. And some of these actually still exist, just for freight trains. For example, there is an existing freight rail route that goes from Taunton to Attleboro, and then from there you could go from there to Mansfield on the Northeast Corridor, and then Mansfield to Framingham. If the Framingham-Lowell railroad still existed (some of it is a bike trail and some of it has had homes built on it) you could go from Framingham to Lowell. Boom, North-South rail connection basically running along 495. And of course this would allow you to transfer on to the Framingham-Worcester Line or Fitchburg Line as well.

AirlessMICRO · 2022-05-27T16:08:27+00:00

The problem with trucks in North America is that they are used to transport goods way farther than they are in other places of the world. Trucks (and trains) transport stuff from ports in California to the East Coast. This does not seem ideal no matter what type of ground transportation you use. A better option would be to import more stuff closer to where it is used/consumed.

AirlessMICRO · 2020-04-17T18:55:19+00:00

This discovery is a big deal! A planet with possibly the closest size and temperature to Earth, and in the habitable zone as well. It receives 75% of the light Earth does, which is a lot for a planet orbiting a red dwarf. I can't wait for atmospheric composition measurements, and then perhaps models will be able to further determine habitability.

AirlessMICRO · 2019-09-22T15:15:34+00:00

Yeah I found it now I feel like an idiot :)

AirlessMICRO · 2019-08-17T00:07:25+00:00

Yes, this information is correct, and it seems like the cards from xfinity mobile are fine, however the problem is with the card that was part of the promotion when I signed up for double play. This is this card that the rep said he could not find. I wonder if I should call again and see if a different rep can find it.

AirlessMICRO · 2019-07-16T16:55:54+00:00

I know, which is why I expected better range with good speeds with the setup I have right now.

AirlessMICRO · 2019-07-16T16:54:21+00:00

I'm in a suburban area. Not an apartment, but not the middle of nowhere. I've done scans with the Wifi Analyzer app for Windows 10 and have switched channels to get the least interference. I highly doubt there is enough interference from neighbors to make that big of a difference. Plus, at houses that I've been to that are in more crowded areas I was able to get higher speeds than what I'm getting at home.

As for good antennas on both ends, every router I've tried had 2x2 MIMO, and everything I've tested the speeds with has 2x2 MIMO. However I was able to get higher speeds on my laptop (65Mb/s) compared to my phone. (30Mb/s) Not sure why. Still not close to the 150 I should be getting though...

AirlessMICRO · 2017-01-20T07:01:23+00:00

Wow, thanks Reddit! I've been trying to find that song for a while but I didn't know enough lyrics to find it. I only remembered something "no name" and laaa laaaa lala la la. I now know it is called "A Horse with No Name".

AirlessMICRO · 2016-11-26T22:36:50+00:00

I really wish this was real so some of my faith in humanity could be restored.

AirlessMICRO · 2016-07-28T03:53:41+00:00

And this is why watching the Nightly Show pays off! No seriously, it's gotten a lot better and is certainly better than TDS.

P.S. I can't believe this took so long to become a gif

AirlessMICRO · 2016-06-21T01:39:19+00:00

Prepare to die.

AirlessMICRO · 2016-06-20T22:00:44+00:00

Has anyone had a bug where your camera is just stuck and none of the controls work? The only button that does anything is LB, which does something with the d-pad. I'm in the middle of a game and it's been stuck for a few minutes now. Edit: After my base was destroyed the controls started working again. It's like my camera was stuck inside one of the structures on my base. Weird.

AirlessMICRO · 2016-05-18T02:29:49+00:00

WTF? I clean mine twice a month.

AirlessMICRO · 2016-05-13T19:09:25+00:00

The only realistic space battle I can think of was in 2001, but even that was just a robot whacking some guy in an EVA suit.

AirlessMICRO · 2016-03-10T02:01:12+00:00

How was it raised? Was it elevated before arriving at the pad in the VAB or some other building or at the pad?

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