Re:Ford Makes $29B Commitment to Electric and Self-Driving Cars
by Qwertious on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:45AM
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>If the world switches, cities will be needing to do massive power overhauls and use more resources. This will be translated into electricity rates/taxes increasing.
From what I've heard, it'll need to increase by about 5%.
I don't have numbers, but increasing the grid by 5% doesn't sound catastrophically impossible. Not compared to shipping truckloads of fresh petrol to every town on the planet on a weekly basis, at least.
From what I've heard, it'll need to increase by about 5%.
Specifically, from what I've heard from ~6:20 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLLYauN7sY .
I don't have numbers, but increasing the grid by 5% doesn't sound catastrophically impossible. Not compared to shipping truckloads of fresh petrol to every town on the planet on a weekly basis, at least.