Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @11:33AM
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Yes, we'd need about 20% more electricity generation if all cars were EV's.
Even if 100% of all new cars sold today were EV's, it'd still take 20 years before essentially all cars were EV's. Add the 10 years to get to that point. So we have 30 years to add 20% more electricity generation capacity.
We're currently adding 50GW of capacity per year to our 1.3TW current capacity. IOW, about 4% per year. At that rate it'll take about 5 years to add enough capacity to handle a 100% EV fleet.
Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions
by someguydave on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:40AM
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How much do you think it would cost to add an outdoor 120v 15a outlet? Any rational landlord would add one if it increases/keeps renters
Looking at that supercharge.info map I see the EV stations are 50 miles apart and only on major interstates. There are significant fractions of the population (ie, probably 1/3) more than 75 miles from any charging station. And the vast majority of destinations are just as far from them. There's literally only 30 for the entire state of Wisconsin and half are clustered in the two moderately large cities in the south. Why link the map when you knew it didn't confirm your assertion?
edit: I was wrong about the grid not being high capacity enough and I am happy to be corrected and learn I am wrong about that.