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To: miraje who wrote (1446255)3/13/2024 7:54:00 AM
From: Eric  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574489
 
Just simple ignorance on display.

The grid can easily handle electric vehicle adoption!

You need to work in the electrical engineering world like I have for over forty five years professionally.

...Electric cars are practical as local runabouts, for motorists who have access to off-street parking within reach of an electric socket. But they are still not a practical solution for most of us. Nor are they likely to become so in the near future. If we plastered the country with rapid chargers it would blow out the grid.

When the Nissan Leaf first hit the streets it was really good and practical as a local driver, much cheaper to operate than a polluting, expensive to fuel ICE vehicle.

Nissan Leaf History: The EV That Launched a Movement

Nissan's trailblazing EV paved the way for the Japanese automaker's electrified future.


motortrend.com

Then Tesla's blew that "limited" experience out of the water proving that long distance driving across the entire U.S. with it's Superchargers was possible.

Thousands and thousands of Tesla owners have proved that for many years now.

Today's reality.

Fossil fueled ICE vehicles are heading for "The Dustbin of History".

Obsolete