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Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT by throw0101a on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:29PM (#25102908)
> Most electrical grids will need to be upgraded to accommodate this.

I'm not so sure. Using the province of Ontario, since I have the link handy:

* http://www.ieso.ca/power-data

The demand the last few days peaked at 18:00 (local/ET) at 16.5-17K (MW), while its lowest point is at 02:00 at about 11.5K.

Would overnight car charging really exceed the ~5500 MW of power that needs to be handled already?

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