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/
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.
>>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
>> 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.
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
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