re: Surprising number of EV owners switch back to gas power, study says

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check your electrical panel, do you really have capacity for an additional 60 amps. Most houses are designed for the major kitchen appliances and heating/Air, adding something that draws an additional 60amps aint feasible for most with out upgrading your electrical service. typical house panel is around 100-150 amps. unless while charging you don't run the AC or dry clothes

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Needs for main panel upgrades are certainly going to be coming. More houses going solar plus throw in EVs or storage and these old panels aren't up to it. There will probably also be needs for upgraded transmission infrastructure as well. But there's also some really cool tech being developed in the space. I've seen smart chargers that load sense so they don't overload an undersized panel, systems that can use your EV storage for home back up if desired, off grid capable solar with storage that can directly charge your EV, etc. There's some exciting things going on and that's before we start to think about what a grid with that much interconnected dispersed storage would look like. It changes the dynamics and there's some pretty cool shite coming out.