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Originally Posted by tuccillo
The amount of additional electricity that will be needed is an easy calculation and has already been done. If all gas cars were replaced today with electric vehicles, the amount of electricity consumed would increase by approximately 25%. This doesn't include trucks. I suspect diesel trucks will be around longer than gas cars. Since the transition from overwhelmingly gas cars to mostly electric cars (at least for new car manufacturing) will likely take 15, or more, years, the required increase in power generation can be planned for.
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The Tesla Semi is in testing now ( with pre orders) plus the hydrogen fuel cell is ramping up on Semis. The drivers who are testing the love them no shifting gears anymore and charging stations are being installed in major hubs right now. All exciting stuff!!