Will Electric Cars Wreck the Grid?

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Easy to find the humor here:
Alabama Power testing electric cars | The Enterprise Ledger

 

[benji4]

Hutto provided Enterprise Mayor Kenneth Boswell a chance to drive the vehicle Monday, and the mayor was impressed.

“I had a preconceived notion that it was going to be a golf cart ride, but it was incredible to know that the technology has advanced so far,” he said. “I think there is a place for that.”

The Mayor must have been doing his best to completely ignore anything written by anybody about the Roadster over the past 4 or 5 years if he was expecting a golf cart ride.

 

[dpeilow]

MIT finds another reason to charge your car at night: reduced pollution Autoblog Green

 

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How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All at Once

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/b...ds-of-an-electric-car-boom.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Another way to work out this problem could be to charge off the grid during the night electric cars. Home batteries charged during the day by photovoltaic panels could be used.
It would be nice if such a system was offered by Tesla as an option for clients.

 

[RandyS]

This is exactly why we offer Time of Use rates in San Diego that incent midnight to 5am charging. The grid has plenty of capacity during that time, and few infrastructure improvements will be needed to accomodate many thousands of cars during that time period. It's a win for customers and a win for the utility...