[444Flyer]

8/25/22

“EV Owners Left Shocked After China Begins Shutting Down Charging Stations”

“...Second, exceptionally high temperatures are causing demand for electricity to skyrocket as citizens attempt to cool down.

Those two things combined are causing a huge problem for the electric vehicle industry.

Two popular automakers in the region, Tesla and Nio, have been forced to dial back power usage, Bloomberg reported.

Nio published notices on its mobile app informing drivers some of its battery-swapping stations in the city of Chengdu were taken offline because of “severe overload on the grid under the persisting high temperatures.”

https://www.westernjournal.com/ev-owners-left-shocked-china-begins-shutting-charging-stations/

[444Flyer]

Rolling blackouts to go with that EV anyone?

8/31/22

“California under statewide flex alert as heat wave threatens power grid”

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/31/california-statewide-flex-alert-heat-wave