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Average American drives 14,000 - 17,000 miles per year. The top end F-150 Lightning has a range of 300 miles but I think we all know in practice this will be c

Average American drives 14,000 - 17,000 miles per year. The top end F-150 Lightning has a range of 300 miles but I think we all know in practice this will be closer to 200-250. This is all hand wavy math, but If I'm generous on both ends that's about 56 full charge cycles per year. Based on OP math that would be the equivalent to 392 days of electricity for a typical US house. If I am less generous that's 85 full charge cycles or the rough equivalent of 595 days of electricity. Each F-150 Lightning is the rough equivalent of adding 1.1 - 1.63 houses worth of electricity to the grid. I can't speak to whether this is a potential problem or not, but I would guess that there would be serious problems if every house in a neighborhood suddenly went out and bought an F-150 Lightning.

yurishimo 4y ago
Luckily, Ford won't be able to make enough of them for that to be a problem in even the next 5 years. By that time, the grid will have slowly expanded and caught up just like it is now. California has had issues with their grid but that's not because of people buying EVs as much as it is incompetence in regards to grid maintenance generally. States like Massachusetts also have higher EV adoption and there are no signs of the grid becoming overburdened. Heck, Texas cities have a TON of EVs also and electricity is still 10¢/kWh from Oncor. The grid will be fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfyG6FXsUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfyG6FXsUU
- thehappypm 4y ago
  It’s interesting because for a long time electricity needs declined over time. Think things like light bulbs: just getting more efficient. Energy efficient everything has been a major trend. Now suddenly it’s all electric everything! Heat pumps! EVs! Heat pump water heaters!