EV Cars/Trucks

[Lzen]

[Chief Pagan]

Can our grid handle heat waves without asking residents and businesses to cut back on electrical use?

The country needs more investment.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Fascinating, that was interesting to see it all laid out like that. Clearly there are issues, but in theory they should be surmountable, especially given how slow the adoption curve likely will be.

On a random note, we switched to Time of Use pricing a year or so ago for some of the reasons he mentioned. The electric company doesn't want people charging in the summer afternoons because of all of air conditioners in use, so they give a huge discount for charging at night. Works out great for me, and I bet we'll see more and more of that over time.

(Weird video format, though. I'm not sure I could safely drive through those windy areas without being too distracted by the numbers he was spouting.)

[Kopinto]

Originally Posted by Lzen

I believe that thanks to salvage car auctions like abetter.bid people will still own gas cars for a long time, my opinion.

If gas cars are banned then I guess that EV owners will face a number of challenges of which grid is not the main one, I suppose.