[sionnsar]

Without some system to manage charging times, there will be fun times when enough houses on a pole transformer start charging simultaneously and blow out the transformer.

(I have no direct knowledge of this -- I simply hear it in the NIST-led Smart Grid development meetings, though I'll be attending the PEV group session during next week's meetings at Grid-Interop in Chicago. )

[Jet Jaguar]

Interesting. Let me know what you find out.

[Orange1998]

The 8 hour charge will turn into a 12 hour charge. The car owner drops off at 5 pm and returns the next morning all the while hogging a charge spot. This makes for a convenient and free parking spot.

[mowowie]

I have a transformer around the corner that regularly blows up around ever 9 months or so.

Can't wait for these glorified golf carts to start showing up.

[raybbr]

Without some system to manage charging times, there will be fun times when enough houses on a pole transformer start charging simultaneously and blow out the transformer.

How would it be any different if everybody on the block started their dryer at the same time? Also, the x-former "on the pole" only feeds on residence. If you are talking about a substation that's different but still it's no different than the dryer hypothetical.