Cybertruck can have ladder rack after all...

ShinerBock wrote:

Reisender wrote:


Yes, the next few decades will definitely bring change. I can't really relate to the US situation which I hear is dire. From what I hear from posters on this forum and others the US grid is hopelessly out of date and constantly on the verge of collapse with very little hope of keeping up. I get that but many countries around the world are seeing their way to adjust to the estimated 19 to 22 percent increase of power needed to electrify the personal passenger fleet of vehicles. Sorry, I don't know much about the US grid issues, just what I read here.

New micro grid technologies will be employed to get a better handle on it as well. Here is an example of a covered enclosure that will suit the daily power needs of the average daily commuter. (6-8 KW) This kind of approach will work in some areas lightening the load on the grid in others. This kind of thing is actually getting more common in California. I have seen this type of installation in Germany as well but the roofs were much steeper. :)

I don't know exactly how or even if other countries(that ave lower populations) are able to keep up with demand which is an assumption at this point. However, it appears buying doing quick Google searches on the matter that we aren't alone either.

UK power grid won’t handle popularity of electric cars, say service operators

German power grid not ready for e-car boom - study

I do know that most EV owners also have an ICE vehicle as back up which would allow you to charge for a lot longer time using less electricity at once since the need to charge every night or every other night is not there. The problem is not how many EV cars are out there, the problem is how many will need to charge at one time in a certain area and if they are all on fast chargers then that taxes the local grid even more. As stated before in the scenario of a 100 pad campground where half of the people would need to charge over night. That would take a lot of energy to quick charge or even trickle charge that many vehicles at one time.

Yah. I don't think any country is ready for an overnight change. But they have a few decades to sort it out. Personally I'm not buying into the hopeless US situation. The US I know is is innovative, adaptable and quite often successful in the face of a challenge. Every country including the US will sort it out regardless of the can't do attitude we often see on forums like this and news story comments. You guys might be behind the eight ball now but you'll come out stronger as a result.

Five years ago our province was lagging behind in EV infrastructure as well. I think there were 7 DCFC and maybe 30 L2 charging facilities within 500 KM of our house. Now there are hundreds of DCFC's and I don't think anybody even tracks L2 chargers anymore. We are second behind Quebec and just in front of Washington State for infrastructure now. Huge change from a few years ago. We are on track for 10 percent of vehicle sales to be electric this year in this province, 4 years ahead of schedule. Demand is fueling infrastructure development. Quebec will be hard to catch. Great infrastructure there. It will be California that shines in the next couple years for development. My personal prediction is they will lead in the next three years. In one year 2 networks completed cross Canada DCFC charging infrastructure and a third will happen by 2021. (Tesla, Petro Canada this year and Shell next year). Interesting that two are gas companies.

Anyway. Enjoyed the discussion. Off to work on the honey dew list. Yeh. :)