I work for a large regional power supplier. I’ve been saying for a long time that if a significant people are plugging in cars, well, we don’t have the grid to handle it. And if you are serious about electic cars, you are a proponent of building lots of nuclear plants.
It’s really just that simple.
Does anybody ever consider just how much electric energy it takes to push a two ton vehicle down the road?
“Does anybody ever consider just how much electric energy it takes to push a two ton vehicle down the road?”
Less than the gasoline energy required.
A quarter to one-half kWh per mile is in the ballpark for level roadway at 60 mph or less. A ten percent grade requires four times that power expenditure. The limitations of regenerative systems will not allow full recovery of that expenditure, while going down the other side of the hill.