You can have 50% of the auto market become electric vehicles without building a single extra power plant.
Because power plants are largely idle at night.
It makes financial sense for EV owners to power overnight while they are asleep and rates are lowest.
Plus this allows power companies to run plants at closer to capacity allowing the fixed cost to generate each kw to fall.
With fairly cheap smart grid tech technology you can significantly increase EV penetration over 50% without building any extra power plants.
There is also the problem of an already overtaxed power grid, looming increases in prices due to EPA regulations, and increased Federal and state taxes on power consumption as the gasoline taxes for road building and maintenance decline.
Does anyone imagine that the EPA will suddenly stop imposing more draconian regulations on power producers? Does anyone imagine that the power companies will eat the cost of EPA compliance?
And who thinks $35K for a car is affordable in the first place? We all know that the $35K price is before shipping, dealer prep and markup - so now the “affordable” car is $40K before any options are added by the customer. How do electric cars perform going over the Rocky and Cascade Mountains; how do they perform during the height of a cold winter? Does that car heater keep you warm on your 30 mile commute when temperatures are in the minuses? How much range do you lose because that heater is going full blast, while diving at 60-70 MPH? And when stuck in a traffic jam during the winter?
50% of the auto market becoming electric vehicles in the South Western US and Hawaii maybe, but not 50% of the entire US and Alaska.
And cheap smart grid technology is still largely a dream for most of the US power grid, still struggling to replace aging equipment. True smart grid technology also means the Federal government will have access to your personal power consumption by just one new Federal regulation. Can a new Federal tax be far behind?
Thanks for actual technical facts instead of the uninformed BS that’s usually spewed on threads like this.