No offense to the electrician you talked with, but they are ill-informed. Electric grids have been planning for the shift to EVs for years. This isn't a surpris

No offense to the electrician you talked with, but they are ill-informed. Electric grids have been planning for the shift to EVs for years. This isn't a surprise to them. This is what they do all day. In the UK for example, the Nation Grid reports that grid-source electricity use peaked in 2002 and has fallen 16% since then (due to increased solar panel installations, etc). If all cars switched to electric overnight with no time for additional planning, grid-source electricity use would increase 10%, still under 2002 numbers and still well within manageable limits. [1] But obviously in a real-world scenario, they have plans to better handle the pace of adoption more intelligently than that. It is true that everyone charging at full speed simultaneously at 5pm would be an issue. So that's why every car sold is smart enough to charge when rates are cheap and skip charging during peak hours. This is further incentivized by fluctuating power prices. People vote with their wallet and if they can get the same result (a fully charged car) for half price or less, they are certainly going to skip charing during peak hours unless they are on empty. I think people who haven't owned an electric car are imaging how home charging works in the wrong way. Most people don't need to supercharge their car every night at 5pm to fill up the battery from empty to full by 5:30pm. Most of the time, your car has lots of power left after a normal commute and you just plug it in when you park so it is full again tomorrow. It doesn't matter what time during the night it charges and the car will figure it out. It's just not a big deal. [1] https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero/5-myths-about-electric-vehicles-busted https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero/5-m...