I work in the power industry. It always perplexes me that people think we can just put a tesla in every garage and it won’t have an impact on the power grid. It’s a bit like putting a Model T in every garage back in the day, but there are not many service stations.
It takes a lot of electricity to push a couple of tons down the road. And that electricity has to be pumped into a battery. And it has to be generated by a nuclear power plant, or natural gas or coal fired plant, or hydroelectric. And a fraction may also come from Solar or wind.
But I don’t think the grid can handle much more than the “rich man’s toy” level of electric car use.
Methinks the real purpose of 'lectric cars is to force everyone into vehicles which can be disabled at will ...
Besides all you are pointing out, if someone shuts down the current demand for petroleum products, a number of third world countries will stop having the ability to feed themselves. And they will have to go next door to find food, and that group won’t have that much to give as they will be oil producing nations dependent upon world wide sales, also. Get ready for WW III. We’ve gone full circle to Maslow’s hierarchy theory. Only this will be imposed by fools.
rwood