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Considering they only generate energy at about 30% of their rated capacity(1), and early electric vehicles(2) like tesla model S can have 100Kwh batteries already, can anyone do the math for the quantity of windmills needed for the volume of cars on the road?

(1) due to unstable winds, minimum start up speeds, maximum outsput caps, and high speed termination to save them breaking.

(2) by early electric vehicles, I mean as battery tech evolves past lithium ion to contain more electrical energy, this question will be even more unrealistic and retarded.

Considering they only generate energy at about 30% of their rated capacity(1), and early electric vehicles(2) like tesla model S can have 100Kwh batteries already, can anyone do the math for the quantity of windmills needed for the volume of cars on the road? (1) due to unstable winds, minimum start up speeds, maximum outsput caps, and high speed termination to save them breaking. (2) by early electric vehicles, I mean as battery tech evolves past lithium ion to contain more electrical energy, this question will be even more unrealistic and retarded.

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[–] • 1 pt

You cannot just add more wind turbines to increase capacity. The output is highly autocorrelated (it's generally windy or calm over a wide area at the same time), so adding more will exacerbate the intermittency problems. Not solve them.

The wind turbines would also need to produce enough power to offset the cost of their own production first too. Many don't even do that over their life times.

[–] • 0 pt

With wind power, the problem is not so much power generation as it is power storage.