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Power plants are more efficient than a car's combustion engine, & power plants can change over time without changing the vehicle. Modular design ftw
by __s 10y ago
Power plants are more efficient than a car's combustion engine, & power plants can change over time without changing the vehicle. Modular design ftw
- kitsunesoba 10y agoYes precisely. The coal plants in a local grid can be swapped out for plants that generate power in any number of other ways. Furthermore, EVs can easily have their batteries replaced with other power storage methods should we figure out something that's safer/higher capacity/less toxic/etc. But an ICE vehicle will always be an ICE vehicle no matter how technology improves. As long as it exists and continues to be driven it's a constant burden on the environment.
- jernfrost 10y agoAnd a lot of todays power-plants can't regulate supply to meet demand easily so power is often wasted or sold at negative price. This is a particular problem at night time. With EVs charging at night one could handle excess power production without expanding total electric production in any way. EVs are simply a good match for the limitations of today's power production.