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To: DEPcom

I was reading that the electrical grid cannot support more than three Teslas in any neighbourhood, because the capacity of the grid becomes unable to supply electricity.


7 posted on 05/23/2019 9:46:22 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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I know Tesla ships a “portable” 110V charger that plugs into any standard outlet with every car. You can buy/have installed a 220V wall charger that will pull 32-80 amps of power based on the car it is charging.

I could see how in older neighborhoods that could be a issue. On the low end it is like a dryer, however once a dryer reaches temp it cycle on and off for maybe a 45mins-1 hour. A Telsa will potentially be like running 3 dryers, plus whatever loads (A/C, range, etc.) for several hours. In one house, probably no big deal, but if several houses on the same transformer do it, I can see the potential for problems.


19 posted on 05/23/2019 10:21:32 AM PDT by matt04
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