[reitzensteinm]

Oops, my mistake - thanks for pointing that out!

That said, it actually makes my case significantly stronger. With 10% EVs and 20kW chargers, you can put 2.5 GW into the grid at peak, which is over 2/3 of the instantaneous maximum demand for the year.

I'd love to see figures on how much you could save providing a grid with 1.8 GW of base load vs having to engineer it to be able to handle nearly twice that, once a year.

You'd have to go to 15-20% EVs to support that, but if you're shutting down half your traditional power stations and investing heavily in solar, it may actually make sense with today's prices. Then again, lithium prices would skyrocket going to those kinds of extremes...