I mean charger a car probably uses less electricity than a dryer cycle per top off, and most everyone has a dryer. Infact, you can technically charge from that outlet as well. I don't see it being a huge issue as most houses are pulling more running AC, microwaves, and it's a short charging time for daily charging.This is where the costs may begin to climb on the BEV-is-the-future narrative. Many homes may also require a service upgrade in their homes to handle the power requirements of the car charger. And as more homes draw significantly more power needed for car charging, the distribution lines, tranformers and switchgear also require upgrading. More power generation and transmission will be required, which must be designed to handle peak loads in order to avoid widespread blackouts. The national grid is an extremely complicated beast, and keeping it intact and 99.9% available is a tall order. The need for base power generation (not intermitted power generation from wind and solar) will never go away, meaning your âgreen powerâ will likely come from natural gas or preferably nuclear generation. It wonât come for free in whatever form itâs needed.
All the infrastructure upgrades donât come without a cost, and it takes time to build. Land needs to be acquired for power lines and power plants. Mines for copper, aluminum and other battery metals will need to be opened - and the thing greens hate almost as much as fossil fuel production is mining.
With existing power infrastructure there will be a finite amount of BEVs that it can reliably support.
There are many reasons why rapid development of the electric grid infrastructure needed to support widespread adoption of BEVs is decades away. Iâm quite comfortable not being an early adopter. Caveat emptor.
Again, all IMO. At any rate, choice is good and I am not trying to diss anyoneâs decisions. Be happy with whatever you decide, but make that choice after careful consideration.
But for older homes that probably use gas, they will need a panel upgrade if they haven't done any recent work which can easily equate to 8k or more in work.
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