re: California Asks Residents to Avoid Charging Electric Vehicles

Thanks, California! Not that I needed it, but you have given me more reason to support why I still have zero reason to ever consider an electric car...

All those holier than thou stuck up retarded liberals and they can't figure out basic math of energy supply and demand

frick em, I hope they die in a wildfire they create

Buy our electric cars and save the planet. But park them in your garage forever.

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Over night I'm pretty sure is what their "Peak usage" is referring to.

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Peak usage is not overnight

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.from what I understand these cars take hours to charge

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But given that you start each day with a "full tank" unless you're driving a bunch of miles in a given day, you don't need to charge up much in terms of miles nor would you need to fully charge for tomorrow if it's just your normal commute/routine the next day.

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Unless you run out of gas in your area like we've seen recently.

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Only once in 32 years have I not been able to get gas in my area,, only once in my 50 years of driving did I have to concern myself that a place I was traveling to might not have gas, it is a none issue . Having once been a pilot I understand the importance of fuel management when you can’t refuel anywhere and anytime you want, why would I want to deal with that while driving.?Just two weeks go I met a Tesla driver at the beach that was going to have to drive a hour out of his way to get home because of the location of charging stations.

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I understand the importance of fuel management when you can’t refuel anywhere and anytime you want, why would I want to deal with that while driving.?

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Well, EVs aren't for everyone and no one is saying everyone should get an EV and an EV would be absolutely perfect for every type of driver. So it's not for you, no biggie.

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Only once in 32 years have I not been able to get gas in my area

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EVs haven't been around a while, but where I live now, I'm pretty confident in saying 0 times in the last 32 years would literally the entire town and surrounding areas have no electricity and thus my home, destination chargers, and superchargers would all be a no go, and I would not have been able to get gas in my area.

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Peak usage is not overnight

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Are you too stupid to realize that the strain on the grid will increase as more people are shoehorned into purchasing electrical vehicles in California? Right now, 6pm-9pm is "peak hours" because maybe 5% of vehicles are electric and need charging. When 100% of the vehicles require charging, the strain will be so great that basically "all hours" are "peak hours".

But that's what the left wants.
They will claim individually owned vehicles are 'selfish' and put too great of a strain on the system. Therefore everyone should consider using public transportation.

That's the next step.

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6pm-9pm is "peak hours" because maybe 5% of vehicles are electric and need charging

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Are you implying the "peak hours" are due to EVs?

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they said to turn your AC up to like 82 overnight.

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Can you sleep when it's 82 in your house?

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The article is slanted, no doubt, but it's certainly a sign of things to come.

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But is it really "things to come?"

It's really nothing new for the government to ask people to use less energy, that's been happening for ages. Again, not speaking to whether it's right or wrong or does/doesn't speak to the inept government here, I'm just pointing out this is something that's been the norm for about as long as I can remember.