Wtf do residential homes need 48 kW of power for? I guess it's nice to charge your car quickly, but other than that I'm struggling to think of any uses.
Simultaneously washing and drying clothes while cooking a turkey in the oven, brussel sprouts in the toaster-oven, boiling water for tea, distracting the children with a computer or tv, doing some welding in the garage, and powering a bunch of Christmas lights. --- This is something that actually happened one year. It is much easier to use a big wire and a big breaker/fuse to the house than to have the power go out.
Between my electric heat, dryer, stove, water heater, and car it's easy to get close to the limit, and that's before anything that runs on 120, like computers, a refrigerator, lights, or washer.