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Originally Posted by ianoob
If 100% of cars in the US were to convert to electric, the grid usage would only go up 25%. If we look at a car like an Aptera, then the increase is even less.
The part that I like the most though, 100% of the electricity I use comes from the US... Wether coal, nuclear, natural gas, wind, hydro, or solar. Or grid is not international.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/c...ower-grid.html
I'm keeping my E90 as a weekend toy, but I've converted my wifr to an ID4 and reserved an Aptera for myself. My referral link if you're interested: https://lz953.isrefer.com/go/preorder/a39482
Carbon fiber body, 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, built in the US, up to 1000 mile range, starts at $28k |
Over a month, an average EV driver uses 408 kilowatt-hours on car charginghttps://news.energysage.com/how-many...r-charger-use/
I'm in a family with 2 cars, so double that to
816 KWh.
In 2021, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,632 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of about 886 kWh per month.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.p...%20per%20month.
When my kid starts driving, it will be another car... My EV electric load will likely exceed that of all my other power consumption. It will be like adding a whole 'nother house of load to the grid, times every other home in the neighborhood that has to do the same thing.
Industrial corridors are scaled and designed for large changes in load.
Residential and rural districts are not. If we convert to 100% EV's, our neighborhood infrastructure needs to double it's capacity, and the supply side (generation) needs substantially increased too. These are the areas of concern.