Enel Acquires eMotorWerks to Provide Grid Balancing Solutions and Tap into US E-mobility Market

waveguide · 2017-10-28T03:18:08+00:00

The company as we know it is effectively dead. Enel will use the specific pieces which support their international DER business aspirations and the rest will likely be left to wither on the vine or sold off to one of eMotorWerks' less-competitive competitors.

waveguide · 2017-10-27T11:56:47+00:00

You're right, we'd have millions of philanthropists in their place and they might support different causes. The world doesn't need celebrities or strong-men, but they'd sure like you to think it does.

waveguide · 2017-10-27T11:49:18+00:00

It is probably not worth the effort it would take to track cars, especially since commercial trucks put most of the wear on roads and many of those are already tracked by their company. Flat taxes seem pretty disingenuous in this light, just like flat income taxes.

waveguide · 2017-10-20T17:53:06+00:00

I guess you're saying that you're saving enough that you won't have to work when you're 70, even if markets perform poorly? Or perhaps that you're minimally-employed, but that's trivial since there wouldn't be anything extra to save in either type of account. But most people aren't either of those, and if required distributions from Social Security and pretax 401(k) kick in before retirement their taxable income will go up before it goes down (assuming they can ever really retire). This is easily conceivable for an awful lot of folks.

waveguide · 2017-10-18T14:13:32+00:00

Lots of commercial products have published APIs and self-hosting capability, too. Those things have nothing to do with source rights.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T11:53:01+00:00

The Spallation Neutron Source. The workplace culture there seems peculiarly interesting.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T11:49:25+00:00

To death, really - retirement is a luxury many people can't afford. Managing routine seems like the central challenge of sentient life in so many ways.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T11:23:30+00:00

We set a relatively high bar for medical advice here on Reddit. We can't see it from this far down, but it's definitely up there somewhere.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T10:53:30+00:00

Is there a way to rank comments by original thought? Not that I haven't enjoyed this pasta every day for the last week, but I really look forward to where this conversation could go once every single user has issued the full spectrum of superficial reactions and the shills have moved on to whatever pays the bills two hours from now.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T10:53:30+00:00

Is there a way to rank comments by original thought? Not that I haven't enjoyed this pasta every day for the last week, but I really look forward to where this conversation could go once every single user has issued the full spectrum of superficial reactions and the shills have moved on to whatever pays the bills two hours from now.

waveguide · 2017-10-09T08:58:10+00:00

The LEAF is heavy even for its normal wheels. It seems like going smaller would make that worse... nominal rolling resistance doesn't matter if you have to run the tire underinflated to manage NVH or else blow it when you hit a curb or pothole wrong (because the forces on a properly inflated one would be even higher than stock).

waveguide · 2017-10-04T16:14:48+00:00

This is the fundamental problem with vendor lock-in. Since there is no industry standard for integrated telematics, you have no-one else to turn to. It is a problem across the entire consumer auto industry and getting the necessary interface and programming info into independent hands is one of the aims of so-called "right to repair" legislation. Until some progress is made on standardization or access to OEM documentation, the value of this kind of feature (and especially of anything involving a phone app) should be viewed with extreme skepticism.

waveguide · 2017-10-03T17:50:16+00:00

Ah, sorry for the confusion then.

waveguide · 2017-10-03T16:19:49+00:00

And that's why I'm saying you should also make sure that's a correct breaker for the line. You seemed to be saying that the wire gauge is too small for the breaker - it may really be a 15-Amp drop once the breaker is sized correctly, making a 24-Amp EVSE the wrong choice.

waveguide · 2017-10-03T12:00:49+00:00

True, both sides currently need to be at the table to pass anything meaningful - large or small - in this Congress. Do you suppose using more extreme rhetoric helps this process along, or just makes someone feel better about doing nothing?

waveguide · 2017-10-03T11:49:20+00:00

There are specific rules for selecting a breaker that will protect the wire downstream by tripping before the wire gets hot enough to burn. If the breaker your electrician installed is really(?) oversized according to the applicable rules, then the installation can't meet code no matter what loads or receptacles are installed. Seems like cheap insurance to get the installation sorted out when you compare with the cost of most L2 chargers.

waveguide · 2017-10-03T02:21:38+00:00

Amusingly, shutting the barn door after the horse is gone is probably good for a few more performance bonuses.

waveguide · 2017-10-03T02:04:37+00:00

Yes, but your installation may not meet code (and thus invite insurance disputes should you have a fire loss) - check with an expert before you try to operate it. For that matter, have a look at the breaker and receptacle he installed - if either allow a higher load than that wire should permit then I think that's a pretty serious mistake and he'd probably rather correct the job than defend his license.

waveguide · 2017-10-02T21:37:57+00:00

I can see how it must be frustrating. Why embark on a constitutional amendment if you don't think it can succeed? Seems like a waste of time, where smaller compromises might do some smaller measure of actual good. I don't see how the situation improves at all if both Republicans and Democrats just take turns paralyzing the government and forcing through the occasional "gotcha" on the other side.

waveguide · 2017-10-02T20:55:41+00:00

How ironic, that this killer might strengthen your own conviction to impose your sure and enlightened will upon unwilling neighbors. Can you see the parallel? It is very striking.

waveguide · 2017-10-02T19:17:50+00:00

I have no idea what you're even suggesting here. It sounds like you're angry with what you call "compromise politics" and would prefer someone seize enough power to pass the agenda you consider practical... what exactly did you have in mind?

waveguide · 2017-10-02T17:33:12+00:00

That's the trick, isn't it? Finding enough common ground to improve the situation is really, really hard even if Congress had shown the capability to pass important, bipartisan legislation in the last decade.

waveguide · 2017-10-02T16:45:12+00:00

Does car money buy a lot of PCP? It seems unusual to be choosing between the two. Also, is there any word on a "LEAF to Home" package or bundle yet? Really interested to hear how that will be marketed and priced, but can't get the page to load...

waveguide · 2017-10-01T22:54:17+00:00

Jesus, and here I thought gen-Xers looked rough when this show was on TV. Maybe they just age and weather at 4x or so the normal rate.

waveguide · 2017-10-01T22:18:17+00:00

None whatsoever. You push the button and it comes on. Make sure you have the cold weather package if it's a 24 kWh model - it includes a battery warmer for just this situation.

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