[ypcx]

OP here. The second sentence came out all wrong and the downvotes are deserved. What I was trying to ponder, was - given the summer blackouts (in certain areas) due to people running their ACs (more than on average) - how do we plan to cope with the advent of EVs.

So I did some googling[1] and apparently, until 2030 there's only 1 million EVs planned to hit the roads in the US, which is quite shocking given the dire trends of climate change and toxic pollution on this planet.

Another interesting fact is that the costs of extending the power grid will be passed on to all its consumers in the form of increased rates (as it should, because if you don't drive an EV, you should be "taxed" on the extra pollution your car creates).

[1] https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/costs-revving-up-the-g...

[ben_w]

I’m not sure why your link makes such a low assumption given total EV sales in the USA already exceeded 1 million a year before the publication date:

https://insideevs.com/news/340135/plug-in-electric-cars-sale...