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Originally Posted by GGG
At 15 kWh / 100 km and 20,000 km / yr that’s only about 3000 kWh of powered 10-12kWh / year for housing.
So somewhere at full adoption somewhere between 25-50% more power required however most charging will be done at night so peak load might not change all that much.
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But that assumes there will be baseload generators like coal and nuclear that generally don't deviate their output significantly over a 24 hour period. But many of them are retiring in areas pushing EV sales, like Western Europe or California, and where peak demand (cold winter mornings and evenings in Europe, hot summer late afternoon and evening in California) are already very challenging. And these same areas are trying to electrify heating and cooking and move away from natural gas which will further strain their weakening systems.