Chris Alemany 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 🌱Jan 4, 2023
1/ Was listening to CBC Radio Victoria on my drive in. (@[email protected]) They had an odd report about mass EV car adoption’s impact on the grid. One person said that people getting up to all go somewhere (say, to work, like I just did) won’t be able to all charge at once because it’ll slow down everyone’ else’s charge. I am left to wonder what he is talking about. Is that what happens when we all have a morning shower and the HW tank kicks in??
HWT wattage: 3-10KW
Show threadChris Alemany 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 🌱Jan 4, 2023
2/ I get that there is concern the grid might be underprepared for a whole bunch of new demand, especially rurally. But adding a Level 2 EV charger to your home is in the same power range (6-7KW) as a clothes dryer (4-5KW) or stove or forced air heat pump (up to 7KW) or baseboard heaters (1.5KW*?). Where was the fretting the last 40 years as people replaced oil furnaces? Could it be a certain industry did not perceive a “real” threat? Now they do and there is some misinformation being floated?
Show threadJonah Stein
@chrisale My level 2 home charger is 11 KW. Doesn't change the fundamentals but we need to assume charging rates will improve.
Jan 4, 2023 at 6:27pmWeb
Show threadChris Alemany 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 🌱Jan 5, 2023
@jonahstein agreed.