28 Jun 2023 9:10 pm
The Europeans have always had higher gas prices than the USA, and as a consequence smaller cars and trucks. Now they are several years ahead of of us on electrics, because of the three to five times less cost of operation.ROG62 » 28 Jun 2023, 6:44 pm » wrote: ↑ The grid will never handle it....especially as they shut down coal, nuclear and PNG plants...
Germany has already fallen flat on its green face at only EVs garnered 13.5% new sales in 2020 and the gubment already controlling when to charge vehicles and having rolling brown outs...
Why electrics won’t overload the American grid is because:
1. They use about one fifth of the energy of gasoline cars, and they’ll typically be plugged in overnight during off peak times.
2. The explosion of cheap wind turbine plants. Just a decade ago a new wind turbine plant needed ten cents a kilowatt hour to break even. That cost is down to two cents, cheaper than coal. At night when the Natgas plants go offline wind turbines will go online. There’s going to actually be a surplus of juice, during charging hours.
3. During peak load times you’ll be able to plug in your EV and sell power. This isn’t impractical. Come home at 5:30 and plug in your car. It sells power to the grid for a dime and then later on it charges for a nickel.
But in the end, the vast majority of the gasoline cars sold new this year, in 13 years will have transmission troubles and be scrapped. By then nearly, if not all new cars will have a plug. Most five year old cars will be electric as well.
I’ve resisted each and every advancement in gasoline cars since 1974.
And each time, when I got replacement with electronic ignition, fuel injection, and computerized engine controls, I realized what a stubborn cuss I was.
The first time I juice up for three cents a mile, I’ll forget I even doubted electric cars.
