Re:Wind Becomes Britain's Largest Electricity Source
by kwhitefoot on Monday September 09, 2024 @09:38AM
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Here in Norway we have 20% of private cars electrified. No impact on the grid and not a lot on total electricity use. If all energy used in the transport sector were to switch to electricity today it would add about 50% to the demand for electricity. But EVs are about 90% efficient versus about 25% or less for ICE vehicles so in fact it would add less than 15% to the electricity demand.
https://publikasjoner.nve.no/rapport/2023/rapport2023_35.pdf
Meanwhile the EV fleet has risen to 3.5% of the total car fleet.
To thoroughly abuse statistics, theres an inverse correlation between EV ownership and electricity use.