TyroneandGladys wrote:
Just a simple country boy here and I have a question on electric vehicles. If everyone switched over to electric how would people in some areas of the country charge them considering that right now during high demand days some areas of our country have had rolling blackouts and brownouts. It would seem to me if everyone in those areas started charging eclectic vehicles daily then every day would become a high demand days and the current high demand days would go off the chart.
Good morning. I can't speak to your area of the world as I don't know which country or continent you are on but it will depend on the area you live in. We live in a province that has a large surplus capacity of power. The power company has calculated that the average north american electric vehicle household uses the equivalent of a household electric water heater over the year.
Re timing. Most of us just plug the car in when we get home but the timer in the car is set so that it charges during off peak hours. OUr EVSE is in our garage and it is only a single garage so we alternate the vehicles. Each one gets charged twice a week. We program them to only charge to 80 to 90 percent as it is easier on the battery. If we know we are going on a longer trip we charge to 100 percent. The one car has DCFC (Direct current fast charge) so we can use a commercial fast charger in a pinch. We do use community level two chargers (malls, stores, shopping areas, usually free) but 80 percent of our charging is done at home at night using our own EVSE. (Electric vehicle supply equipment)
Hope that helps.
