400 mile electric RV

Gdetrailer wrote:


In all of the states that participate in the grid, the power from all power stations across the US are "shared" regardless of the states borders.

Texas runs their own independent "grid" which does not share power generation from outside the states border.

So, in reality plugging your vehicle into the "grid" in your home state can and will use power from other power generation systems outside of your state. Pretty much negating every single "advantage" of being "green" since you are now partaking of coal and natural gas produced power..

While it's true that most of the USA is on the same grid, state is still a good geopolitical boundary, since it's the area that most citizens have control over and state power imports/exports are measured. I can't tell Idaho how to generate their power, but I can influence power in my own state. Oregon is a net exporter of power, so it's still fair to say that the power mix in Oregon is the same power mix used to fuel an EV there even if some of the electrons came from a coal plant in Nevada.

I could see your argument for, say, Vermont where a significance portion of power is imported.