The solar PV and now storage rollouts in Australia have been one of the best government investments in public infrastructure in my lifetime here.
The more we electrify, the less reliant we are on the crude -> foreign refineries -> imported/distributed fuel risk.
Harvesting solar power is an awesome thing to do both at home and utility level.
PV and wind utility installations are being built with storage co-located, there are companies building synthetic condensers to maintain the grid stability and the job of frequency support is now done mostly by batteries, not gas.
We need to make electricity basically "too cheap to meter" and electrify our primary industries, mining and agriculture.
I know that my next will need enough range for one particular journey to a relative's house but I only do that journey once or twice a year at most.
I could easily reuse the "spare" capacity the rest of the time and I'm going to lease the car so long term battery health won't be an issue.
To honest I think plugin storage to go along with plug in solar will be a game changer.
Even at that, 100,000 cycles is an exaggeration. From what I can tell, you can expect up to 3000 cycles from Nickel Manganese Cobalt batteries before they hit 80% of original capacity. Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries can last for 10,000 cycles before dropping to 80% of original capacity.
https://bslbatt.com/blogs/lfp-vs-nmc-lithium-battery-compari...
Even lifepo4 home storage batteries designed for frequent cycling are rated for ~10k cycles.
As far as I can tell there are literally no battery chemistry that can survive 100k cycles and retain 80% capacity
They do last a long time when used for their purpose (driving), statistically you'll get a gas engine failure earlier than a battery failure. But they're not made for at home day to day energy storage
plug my car in, it might be full, it might be empty, either way its racking up the charge cycles for no direct benefit for me.
Batteries on a house makes a better sell for customers, and also targets the problem of both over supply and over consumption at source.
Only households can access the free electricity window. If you're not on a free plan you can get reduced rates during the solar peak window but business accounts aren't allowed to access those either.
It already exists and works so, not that crazy
A smaller version of these things: https://sandtoft.org/wp/
Some people drive as if they're in dodgem cars as it is.
Even most residential batts that get plugged in when they get home typically have SOC >40% (depending on jurisidiction).