You have 13 yrs 11 mths left to buy a GM gas or dsl vehicle

CA has unused solar and wind due to curtailments every day. We need EVs to use this available power.

http://www.caiso.com/informed/Pages/ManagingOversupply.aspx#dailyCurtailment

SPRey wrote:

Reisender wrote:

SPRey wrote:
Don't EV require between 50-100 kWh to fully charge the battery (0-100%)? Multiply that by 100 million, and it is "danger danger Will Robinson".

Good morning. No. A typical commute in North America is about 50 KM or roughly 8 KW of power. Equate it to your gas tank. You may have a 20 gallon tank but do you fill it every day? Probably not. The most commonly sold EV's now have 400 to 550 kilometers of range so they may only charge once a week. Or every night for an hour.

This is why power companies are not worried about the immediate impact on neighborhood infrastructure. Many who buy an electric car just charge with the 120 volt 15 amp receptacle in their driveway or garage. We did that for a couple years with no issues. We eventually upgraded...just because. But it really made no difference. The car still charges between 1 and 5 in the morning, its just done charging after 45 minutes now. :)

We have since sold this car, but it was my daily commuter for years. You can see it connected to our soffit christmas light 120 volt 15 amp outlet.

I am not referring to commuting, rather "filling up a battery". Is this statement incorrect?

Don't EV require between 50-100 kWh to fully charge the battery (0-100%)?

I have been known to drive a thousand miles a week (50k a year) and as little as 6k a year. Driving is situational and personal. My point is, it takes a lot of juice for 100 million people to charge their batteries. The demand will exceed capacity and, just like California, the power company will have rolling black outs. No power = no juice to charge battery.

Sorry. Just not following the logic. People are not going to go home every night and fill a 100 KW battery unless everybody in the nation drives 600 km per day.

Power companies like B.C. hydro are expecting light vehicle EV usage (pickups, cars, SUV’s ) yo add about 19 percent load to the grid over the next 30 years. Easy for any modern nation to achieve.

European countries are already dealing with this as their EV adaption rates are much higher than North America.

Personally I’m going to let BC hydro worry about it. They seem to have it well in hand.

SPRey wrote:

time2roll wrote:

SPRey wrote:
California is the 3rd largest electricity producer--behind Texas and Florida, and #1 in solar, geothermal and biomass) has rolling blackouts every summer because the demand for electricity exceeds production.

You keep repeating this lie. Please provide a link.

Guess I am also your research assistant...lol.

In 2018, California had a total summer capacity of 75,926 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 195,265 GWh. Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources. Utility-scale solar photovoltaic and thermal sources together generated 13.8% of electricity in 2018. Small-scale solar including customer-owned PV panels delivered an additional net 12,919 GWh to California's electrical grid, equal to about half the generation by the state's utility-scale facilities.

Liberal leaning Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_California

The rolling blackouts every summer due to inadequate supply I have trouble with.

California has first rolling blackouts in 19 years

And 19 years ago it was part of the entanglement with Enron

Reisender wrote:

SPRey wrote:
Don't EV require between 50-100 kWh to fully charge the battery (0-100%)? Multiply that by 100 million, and it is "danger danger Will Robinson".

Good morning. No. A typical commute in North America is about 50 KM or roughly 8 KW of power. Equate it to your gas tank. You may have a 20 gallon tank but do you fill it every day? Probably not. The most commonly sold EV's now have 400 to 550 kilometers of range so they may only charge once a week. Or every night for an hour.

This is why power companies are not worried about the immediate impact on neighborhood infrastructure. Many who buy an electric car just charge with the 120 volt 15 amp receptacle in their driveway or garage. We did that for a couple years with no issues. We eventually upgraded...just because. But it really made no difference. The car still charges between 1 and 5 in the morning, its just done charging after 45 minutes now. :)

We have since sold this car, but it was my daily commuter for years. You can see it connected to our soffit christmas light 120 volt 15 amp outlet.

I am not referring to commuting, rather "filling up a battery". Is this statement incorrect?

Don't EV require between 50-100 kWh to fully charge the battery (0-100%)?

I have been known to drive a thousand miles a week (50k a year) and as little as 6k a year. Driving is situational and personal. My point is, it takes a lot of juice for 100 million people to charge their batteries. The demand will exceed capacity and, just like California, the power company will have rolling black outs. No power = no juice to charge battery.

time2roll wrote:

SPRey wrote:
California is the 3rd largest electricity producer--behind Texas and Florida, and #1 in solar, geothermal and biomass) has rolling blackouts every summer because the demand for electricity exceeds production.

You keep repeating this lie. Please provide a link.

Guess I am also your research assistant...lol.

In 2018, California had a total summer capacity of 75,926 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 195,265 GWh. Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources. Utility-scale solar photovoltaic and thermal sources together generated 13.8% of electricity in 2018. Small-scale solar including customer-owned PV panels delivered an additional net 12,919 GWh to California's electrical grid, equal to about half the generation by the state's utility-scale facilities.

Liberal leaning Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_California

spoon059 wrote:

mich800 wrote:
I just wish they would keep this "carbon neutral" bs out of the discussion. Just because you purchase credits that allow pollution what is really being solved?

Political expediency and many pats on the back. None of this is solving anything, its just making the environmentalists feel good about themselves.

GM surely won't be stopping their ICE lines just to make environmentalists happy.

Or, any car manufacturer for that matter -- and as you can see they are tripping into each other going into EV..

Bluhorn wrote:
Electric vehicles are here to stay and will actually make in roads into combustion engine areas. There is always going to be some market for the Gas and Diesel engine. Let the market decide,dont mandate it. Tesla gave EV a big boost because they manufactured a decent choice, something with style and performance. The previous bunch of electric cars were ugly as sin. I wouldnt drive one but I would a Tesla. Plus they pushed the charging stations. Now we are seeing electric pickups which we need. They are not for everybody but people will seriously look at them as more variations are brought out.

GM is seeing the market for ICE gone or no longer profitable by 2035.

https://www.plugshare.com/

That is pretty impressive.

mich800 wrote:
I just wish they would keep this "carbon neutral" bs out of the discussion. Just because you purchase credits that allow pollution what is really being solved?

Political expediency and many pats on the back. None of this is solving anything, its just making the environmentalists feel good about themselves.

Oil has a multitude of uses. Burning it up to go to Walmart five miles away may not be the best use. I can take my trash to the dumpster with my pickup, my golf cart, or walk. Which is the best use of oil?

Farm ground has a multitude of uses. Building strip malls and parking lots may not be the best use.