Tesla Launch of Pick-Up

NJRVer wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

ksss wrote:
The electric grid will need to be "supercharged" as well if all of this actually sees the light of day. There isn't enough solar panels or windmills to make it "clean". So it leaves Nuke, coal and natural gas fired plants to pickup the slack. I find that a little ironic.

Having enough power is only part of the problem, getting it to the customer is another. Power lines only have so much current carrying capacity. Too much current and it will overheat damaging the line. While we may have enough power(dirty or clean) to charge EV's, many places will have to upgrade the power lines in their grid in order to meet demand. Especially in industrial zones where there can be multiple fleets of trucks in a small area charging at ones time.

I would say you have that backwards. Plenty of line capacity in industrialized city areas.
It's the remote backwoods towns that are running on a single strand that would need upgrading.

I would have to disagree based on my brother's knowledge. He was a linemen for San Antonio's public works, CPS, for many years and is now a regional manager. The last time we discussed this he even stated that almost all of our lines do not have the capacity for this much energy. Especially if just one of these semi's will take almost twice as much power that an average household uses in a month. Most of the current lines are not big enough for one fleet let alone multiple fleets in a single area.

However, if you have any articles or data stating otherwise then I would love to see it. Maybe San Antonio is a rarity even though we are leaps and bounds ahead of many other major cities regarding electricity.