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If you and your neighbors can run an electric kettle while having a pie in the oven without a blackout, the local grid is strong enough to support electric car
by adrianN 5y ago
If you and your neighbors can run an electric kettle while having a pie in the oven without a blackout, the local grid is strong enough to support electric car charging during the night when fewer kettles and ovens are operating.
The real issue is building enough charging points in cities where people don't have access to a garage, but that's just a matter of investing some money and will happen naturally as demand picks up.
- lnsru 5y agoHeat pumps are coming too as green heating technology. These devices are power hungry too: https://myhomefarm.co.uk/air-source-heat-pump-electricity-consumption https://myhomefarm.co.uk/air-source-heat-pump-electricity-co... and they didn’t have -10 degrees Celsius for a month. But you are right otherwise. I could charge my Renault Twingo or Dacia Spring even using this heavily outdated infrastructure. These are cars with small batteries and not much power.