Think of the Megajoules delivered by a petrol station every hour. A single 10 gallon fillup is equivalent to 337 kilowatt hours, or the daily electric usage of 45 typical UK households.
This read like horseshit. In california, a 100% ev fleet is expected to increase total load by 20 to 30% over the current load (this is less than the expected increase from air conditioning/heat pumps btw). I wonder if i should even give a click and read and debunk but man it’s so exhausting.
The way EVs are typically charged means that they're unlikely to put a significant strain on the national grid. Electric car owners tend to charge their vehicles overnight when demand for electricity is at its lowest, which makes it much easier for the grid to cope.
Nonsense. If you turned on every kettle it wouldn’t be enough. If you fuelled every car with petrol at the same time there wouldn’t be enough. People top up EVs at different times. It isn’t as if all cars are empty at 17:00.
I can't make my mind up whether this headline is stupid or just irrelevant. Given cars last over 15 years and we will still be selling combustion engine ones for a few years yet, it will be well after 2045 before this is the case.
There's a lot of bollocks in this article. Most people go out of their way to charge their cars overnight when electricity is much cheaper (or even free) and there's a surplus of electricity generation. I, for instance. in 6 years of ownership have never charged my EV before midnight at 7p a unit.
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