Does anyone on this forum own an EV. Be honest!

67Dart273 said

Well and as right as you are about this, what about the grid feeding it? That's the thing in a nutshell. What I DO NOT see is the local power company out here "times 4-ing" the capacity of the local grid, .......and.....then...........what feeds THAT??

And it ain't just the cars charging. CA is trying to get houses "all electric." Bidet has mentioned that. They want to get combustion fuels out of the homes. I tell you, the grid cannot support that crap.

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Electric dryers and stoves aren’t that big of impact. But electric heating kW is.

Question: In the rust belt, is electric heating amperage about the same as hot summer A/C running??

I’m guessing most of the EV charging will be done at home at night when business load is lower.

Also the solar back feed during the day helps the grid at those times.

The highest grid demand is now 4-7pm on real hot summer days when solar is weak or off.

New technology is/will be applied for managing the grid. Automation and data collection will be used to make the grid more efficient “smart grid” There will be gains there.

But there will be good old fashioned equipment, cable, wire being upgraded or added. Happening already.

But it’s not like every wire will need to be 4 times larger. It’s not of that magnitude.