I’ve seen some calculations on this. Essentially, if all autos in the US were replaced with EVs right now, then we would be shy about 1000 TWhs (per year). This is about 25% of the current US electricity production, which has been flat for about a decade. Since the process of replacing ICE autos with EVs will take many decades, we have that long to ramp up production and distribution of electricity by 25% over today’s levels. Smart charging strategies, such as incenting people to charge at night when demand is low, may modify this figure. There are only about 2.4 million EVs in the US out of almost 300 million autos.
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
We often hear the naysayers claim the USA Electric Grid can't support a major conversion to EV's.
& many think that's a load of baloney.
We're converting a 200 Room Hotel, with 20,000 sq ft of event space, to a 300 unit Condominium. It's locate on a major US Interstate, in a sophisticated, wealthy suburb of Boston, less than 20 miles outside the city.
The electric grid/distribution system can't supply sufficient electricity to the site, without a infrastructure upgrade to the property line. They sent us the cost estimate on Friday.
$21,129,000. $70,000/unit. Total cost to provide electrical service, so each unit can run some lights & a toaster, is over $100,000.
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