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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The article mentions that they mostly use batteries from the Nissan Leaf and Honda Clarity. I'm not sure about the latter, but the Nissan Leaf does not have any kind of battery management system. That keeps the battery warm in winter and cool in summer, and helps it last a lot longer. Nearly every major EV on the market does this, but the Leaf is the big exception. It's also the one car where you'll see severe range degradation on an older model.