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Fun fact: You can now get a 99kwh ev with bidirectional charging (vehicle to home) for about $50-55K, new.

I can easily imagine buying one of these as an extra “beater” car in a few years, and making sure we’re always charging at least one car at home when it’s sunny.

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All I can say is we apparently have different ideas of what a "beater" car is. I hope you're right though and that EV batteries have a 15-20 year usable life.

It is possible the comment referred to used evs in a couple years.

I see first-gen nissan leafs going for $3k, and I see tesla 3's for $16k

I'm sure a 3 grand leaf or a 16 grand Tesla will have a tip top battery able to provide years of V2G

V2G is actually a much easier scenario for a battery than driving down the high way, so not impossible at all!

Yeah, that was my point. The battery capacity drops as a percentage over time. Currently, you can get a $60K MSRP, 33kwh-rated used car for ~$10-15K, with over 90% of the original capacity left.

30kwh of tesla powerwalls is at least $23K. Sadly, those used cars don’t support v2h or v2g.

You can buy any Nissan leaf since about 2013 and you get vehicle to home as well. No need to spend 50-55k.

Ah yes, the $55k “beater”.

Well if it's $55k new, a used one in a few years will likely be well under $55k. Give it another 20 years and it might even be in beater territory.

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