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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
The present power grid can't handle very many electric cars. If we all went electric, the grid would crash.
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That's not true, for two reasons.
1) The national grid has been designed for steadily increasing demand. In the last few years, we've actually seen a drop. As a result, there is now more spare capacity than there has been since the 80s.
2) Electric cars largely charge at night, when demand is at its lowest, and the lower tempreratures actually increase it's rating.
I'm a massive fan of seeing electric cars roll out here. Now that are stopping producing fossil fuelled cars here, there's no economic reason for not doing it either.