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Woolley: Current US and European EV peak capacity equals three nuclear power stations
“Well, right now, so, like, if there's about thirteen million electric vehicles across Europe and the US, so, like, eight million and about five million in the US and so that's about 13 gigawatts at peak of load, which is probably, in the US, right now, untappe…”
Woolley: EV capacity will add a nuclear plant's worth of power every two years
“We'll probably hit that capacity again in the next two years. So we could be basically adding capacity at the rate of a new nuclear power station on the grid every couple of years, and of course that growth is accelerating vastly.”
Woolley: Some California EV drivers pay punitive rates without changing charging habits
“However, what we see in California with some of our partners that we're working with, what they've done is they've rolled out time of use rates, and they've sort of forced that on consumers. And so, and some of those consumers have not changed their behavior a…”
Woolley: Vehicle-to-home backup power will definitely roll out in North America
“I think vehicle to home to provide resiliency in North America is a thing. I was struck by, I mean, I've done some time in the United States, and when I first went out there From the energy perspective, I was fascinated by this thing where people used to go to…”
Woolley: Europe has 8M plug-in EVs compared to 4.5M in the US
“So there's about eight, eight million vehicles
I mean, plug-in vehicles in, in the European market right now, and over 50% now are battery electric.
And in the US it's around four and a half million, and again, over 50% now are battery electric.”
Woolley: European EV charging uses roaming aggregators unlike standalone US networks
“There are what we call roaming aggregators within the European market. So there's companies like Hubject and Jurev that allow for platforms on the other side to interface with a variety of different charging infrastructure networks and provide a single seamles…”
Woolley: UK energy retailers offer discounted type-of-use tariffs for managed EV charging
“The propositions that are being rolled out in competitive markets like the UK are tariffs which have now become known as what's called type of use tariffs. So a type of use tariff is a tariff that applies to a specific device within your home, like an electric…”
Woolley: UK regulations mandate all new home EV chargers be smart and grid-controllable
“In the UK, they rolled out a regulation called the Smart Charging Regulations, which actually mandates every charger that goes into somebody's home now has to be smart and has to be controllable by the grid.”
Woolley: EV purchases often trigger home solar and DER adoption
“When you buy an EV, you often buy solar panels as well. Or you get other DERs that are associated with your home, because you start to become very aware about, like, the whole home and the ecosystem and how you're managing your energy.”