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Fewer trips (no daily commute for many, delivery vs. shopping, etc.) seems like the likely way to reduce demand.
by rdl 4y ago
Fewer trips (no daily commute for many, delivery vs. shopping, etc.) seems like the likely way to reduce demand.
- falcolas 4y agoEven if you cut every driver's usage in half, it's still a hefty 21.5k GWh/y. Not an insignificant amount. EDIT: Corrected units from kWh/y to GWh/y.
- vel0city 4y ago21.5KWh/yr is a rounding error compared to most US homes. Its $1.93 worth of electricity at my house. Tons of homes use ~1,000+kWh/month. There's also no way an average US EV would use 21.5kWh in a year, that's not even a month's worth of usage cut in half. I get about 3.5mi/kWh in my EV. If we cut the average yearly mileage about in half to ~6,000mi, that would be ~1,700kWh at my driving efficiency, plus a bit for charging losses. Even at 4.5mi/kWh it is still ~1,333kWh.
- falcolas 4y agoSorry, switched G for k in my response. That's my bad. 43,000 GWh/y for all CA EVs at the average miles per year per vehicle. Total CA generation is 200,000 GWh/y.