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If Gas Cars Are Banned, Can The Grid Handle Electric Cars? - Kornee - Jan 25, 2023
Jason provides a comprehensive and intelligent appraisal of dealing with mandated transition to EV usage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfyG6FXsUU
Obviously the particulars will vary from country to country, or even state to state.
RE: If Gas Cars Are Banned, Can The Grid Handle Electric Cars? - Zinjanthropos - Jan 25, 2023
Seems to be timed to when the last of the baby boomers are almost too old to have drivers licence or dead. I’m in that group and doubt if I’ll ever own an EV. Guess I could still buy an ICE vehicle new in 2030. Gasoline stations will still be operational I assume. Car prices will dictate
RE: If Gas Cars Are Banned, Can The Grid Handle Electric Cars? - Kornee - Jan 25, 2023
The headlong rush to electrify road transport is, with the exception of Tesla, working in one country's favor in particular. China.
They have made the leap to EVs, including battery tech, in a big way. That traditional auto manufacturers in the rest of the world have almost no hope of catching up to. Owing to huge legacy investments in ICE manufacturing and sales/servicing dealerships. Most of the real profitability is in after sales service. EVs have inherently far lower service requirements and once up front costs plunge sufficiently, consumers will vote with their feet en masse.
RE: If Gas Cars Are Banned, Can The Grid Handle Electric Cars? - confused2 - Jan 25, 2023
A quick scan suggests both the UK and US (and probably most countries) have substantial dips in electricity demand between about 8pm and 6am so the network [edit.. both generation and distribution] can [already] support a substantial increase in demand for 8 hours or more which should be sufficient to charge an electric car. 'Substantial' - you'd like some sums done?