The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030

Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by mbgerring on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:58PM (#35843166)

In many, many places all over the world every day, just maybe not in your backyard just yet. Your local power distribution company is lying, and if you want to solve a fun problem you could get into the weeds and figure out how to work around them.

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by throwaway50606 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:01PM (#35843214)

Not really my problem - I have a car for long distance trips only and that's going to be diesel at least for another decade or two.

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by huijzer on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:30PM (#35843485)

Global warming is your problem just like it is everyone’s problem

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by throwaway50606 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:35PM (#35843533)

Diesel doesn't have to be fossil. Unfortunately, I can't make them switch to algae. But I'd be OK with paying more for it, if it was available. Current electric cars make my regular long distance trips impossible, so that's really not an option. Yes, I considered an online call.

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by thomasmg on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:05PM (#35844393)

Non-fossil diesel is going to be very expensive... The alternative is battery swap stations. Nio seems to be successful with that.

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by throwaway50606 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:30PM (#35844613)

I wonder if that could work on my 1200km-long trip. It'd have to be a truly pan-European company and network. So far we don't even have telecoms like that - I switch between 3 different national networks during the trip... But on the other hand, the Tesla Supercharger network spans the route, so why not I guess.

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