Author Topic: (proposed) new EPA rule forces up to 60% of new US car sales to be EVs in 7 yrs (Read 977 times)

rcjordan · « **on:** April 09, 2023, 06:09:56 PM »

Better get hustlin' on bulking up that grid!

https://electrek.co/2023/04/08/epa-rule-60-percent-new-us-car-sales-ev-7-years/

littleman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2023, 08:13:06 PM »

I think subsidies are a lot better than forcing. Take all the oil subsidies and throw them to domestic* EV production, put a good amount of the production in oil/coal country to get the red states behind it. Then market the thing as energy independence and job creation. Add to that tax credit for solar installation and you have a pretty good motivation to get people going EV.

*Tapping into the wave of nationalism couldn't hurt.

rcjordan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2023, 09:40:17 PM »

>>get hustlin' on bulking up that grid!

We getting there with the grid. And it'll take years to phase in the EPA mandates. But there's a good chance we're not going to have the grid in place to supply the demand.

>Electric Truck Stops Will Need as Much Power as a Small Town (bloomberg.com)

>demands of a truck stop. Over 30MW peak power is jaw dropping.

http://th3core.com/talk/water-coolerextra/ev-tidbits/msg80905/#msg80905

ergophobe · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2023, 03:17:44 PM »

>> not going to have the grid in place to supply the demand.

That's the conclusion I'm coming to as well.

I think the subsidies need to be more focused toward infrastructure, otherwise people are going to rebel against the EV mandate as they start to face massive charging lines.

rcjordan · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2023, 03:26:03 PM »

Automakers Face Test in Reaching U.S. Target for Electric Vehicles - The New York Times

New federal rules are expected to speed the transition to E.V.s, a shift that car companies have embraced but will be challenged to carry out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/business/energy-environment/cars-electric-vehicles-epa.html

rcjordan · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2023, 11:40:08 PM »

The US doesn't have enough power lines for its renewables

https://qz.com/the-us-is-laying-new-power-lines-too-slowly-for-its-ren-1850326951

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