Charging Arbitrage

Imagine going on a road trip and before your return journey you stop to fill up with petrol. Now instead of paying $2 per litre someone pays you for the petrol you put in your car, and this petrol burns clean emitting no carbon dioxide or carcinogenic compounds.

That’s the power of an EV combined with solar and Amber Electric.

After arriving at a hotel I plugged my car in to charge at an Exploren charger, costing $0.33 per kWh. At the same time my solar and battery system is exporting power at an average rate of $0.46 per kWh.

I set my car to charge at the same rate that my solar/battery exports; so green electrons are going into the grid at the same rate and same time that I am taking them out.  So I’m in effect being paid to charge my car and the energy being used for driving is still 100% renewable.

Even on a road trip you can still achieve no cost and 100% renewable driving 🙌​