| https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/blog-can-the-g... ("A question that frequently comes up when discussing electric vehicles (EVs) is: “Can the grid handle it?” The short answer is “yes.”") [Blog post demonstrates the math showing the grid can handle 100% EVs] Superchargers are primarily for road trips and people who need to fast charge because they don’t have home charging (for now; infra is rolling out very fast). Most will charge at home, work, or other locations that perhaps have a level 2 charger (vs a fast DC charger). A 120V 15amp outlet is sufficient to fully charge your vehicle if left for 2-3 days or more at an airport or other longer dwell location. > Batteries are not a suitable large scale energy storage. They will get us most of the way to success. Some combination of seasonal storage, renewables overbuilding, transmission, and limited fossil generation (peakers, cogeneration, etc) will be needed to get close to 100% net zero. https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/Tesla-Master-Plan-Part-3.pdf https://www.energy-storage.news/nrel-rapid-growth-of-energy-... https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81779.pdf Enough sunlight falls on the Earth every ~2 minutes to power humanity for a year. We're just arguing shuffling the electrons around. |
with the push for cheaper, multi tenant housing where you have many households sharing the same parking lot, how does charging at home work? How do you bill the person charging? What if every spot has its own charger?