re: Tesla Supercharging Network: How it started; how it's going

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Tesla Supercharging Network: How it started; how it's going
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Why can't it be both? Many of you act as if it's all or nothing with the automobile world. There is a place for ICE engines as well as electric motors.


woah man, i am a firm believer in ICE vehicles until we can make a transition to alternative fuels, but we gotta get power infrastructure in place to ease that transition

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This is the answer. I can't understand why the so called progressive movement can't figure out something as simple as without infrastructure in place the only outcome logical to their movement is the failure of the US economy, mobility, etc. It is total ignorance to reality that can only be attributed to zero "real world" experience. A lifetime politician or govt employee has no idea how this world, economy, or just reality truly is.

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woah man, i am a firm believer in ICE vehicles until we can make a transition to alternative fuels, but we gotta get power infrastructure in place to ease that transition

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We don't really need much infrastructure improvement (aside from charger networks as shown in OP) to support EVs. Whatever upgrades the grid needs are needed regardless of EVs.

I've said this a lot here but I'll say it again:

If every single passenger vehicle in the US switched to EV overnight, we would have to boost electricity production by about 25-30%. That's really not a lot and we have the capacity to do that already. The bigger issue is peak demand, though EVs can actually reduce our peak demand rather than increase it by time-shifting that demand. This requires the majority of chargers to be capable of back-feeding to the grid, but given that it will take multiple decades for EV adoption to come anywhere near 100% I believe this will be a smooth transition with no need to panic about any harm that EVs might cause the grid.