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If you consider what is the cost of "adapting" I bet your discourse would change. EVs have massive consumption, way bigger than lights, computers and AC/heating
by AdrianB1 3y ago
If you consider what is the cost of "adapting" I bet your discourse would change. EVs have massive consumption, way bigger than lights, computers and AC/heating combined. In my part of the world (Eastern Europe) the usual power consumed by a home is 0.5 to 2kW, with short time spikes to 3-4kW. An EV can easily go 12KW, that requires a very expensive upgrade in capacity and load balancing of the grid to accept locally (in a city block) hundreds of cars randomly connecting with huge surges. You need some kind of interface and protocol to coordinate car charging per micro-grid.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoEVs can go to 12kw but don’t need to. At that rate a Tesla will add over 40 range-miles per hour, which means you’d recharge the entire battery range in about eight hours. Some people do drive 300 miles per day, but on average people drive less than 30 miles (in the US) and maybe 40km/day in Europe. When you work this out into a continuous power draw over the course of a day, it’s a few hundred watts per vehicle. Still requires grid upgrades and some planning to avoid spikes where everyone fast-charges at once, but it’s better to consider these smaller averages than assume everyone is doing 12kw charging continuously.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoEastern European home is a flat with 5x smaller footprint. I charge at ~2.7KW and drive 3000 km per month. Could probably get away with 500W charge rate, but would need to plug all the time.