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That's as much a technology problem as anything else. If you line the streets with chargers, then have the car and charger interface with each other to report
by tw04 11y ago
That's as much a technology problem as anything else. If you line the streets with chargers, then have the car and charger interface with each other to report which car is actually charging, you can bill the owner.
Whether or not the areas cars are parked have the appropriate wiring to facilitate chargers is another problem entirely. And quite frankly, I'm still skeptical our electric grid can handle everyone plugging in a car - solar panels or not. It's been overcast here for 4 days straight, if I had to plug my car in, it'd be drawing from an already strained grid. If everyone in my neighborhood did the same thing, I can see a lot of rolling brownouts.
- stellar678 11y agoThe effect of a significantly higher, controllable and predictable load will be nothing but positive for a strained grid. Electric cars are a great load because, unlike lighting and AC and most other household use, the energy doesn't need to be delivered at a specific time.
- heygrady 11y agohttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/518066/could-electric-cars-threaten-the-grid/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518066/could-electric-c... > Researchers ... have calculated that the grid has enough excess capacity to support over 150 million battery-powered cars, or about 75 percent of the cars, pickups, and SUVs on the road in the United States.
- dba7dba 11y agoThat's US. Not same situation in other places.