Id rather have a PHEV Maverick

[GPSMan]

But if millions of people are charging EVs at night and also running their AC or Furnaces and then you are adding that toaster or Microwave running all night the nighttime demand on the grid will be much higher than now. Am I wrong? I see your point about the peak usage but I can’t help but think when millions of people move to EVs that electric rates will go way up regardless.

In a lot of areas, power generating stations want MORE load. Just not 5pm to 9pm in summer. The rest of the clock, they want more. CA wants MORE daytime use of EV chargers, because there is so much solar, fossil fuel plants are throttling down.

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[Timothyd]

Here's the thing. Do you like analogies?
Good. Me too.

The "generating" grid is adequate now for most areas.
Just like the 400 watt power inverter in the Maverick is adequate for most construction jobs.

Here's the analogy:

Your Maverick 400 watt inverter won't power most corded construction tools. But it WILL power a plethora of these:

The Maverick will RECHARGE BATTERY TOOLS faster than a single worker could ever drain his battery tools.

People get hung up on "peak power".
The name of the game is continuous power.

Your chop saw needs 2000 watts peak. But you are not running it 60 minutes of every hour. If you run it 12 minutes per hour, 12 minutes of actually spinning the blade, your Maverick's truck bed CAN power it via use of rechargable batteries that ARE charging 60 minutes per hour.

Same applies to EV's and the power grid today.

Your EV plugged in at home on a trickle charger is just another appliance. Literally. It's just another toaster or microwave oven attached to the grid. And with the invent of LED lights, LED Tvs, solar panels, and energy star appliances, the grid, the grid today, has room for millions of more toasters. I mean EV's.

When you have time, and everyone needs to sleep, you don't need high peak power. A trickle of continuous power gets the job done.

Ahhh, the perfect world. Doesn't take into account a trickle charger would take a loooong time. More time than most people have.
Or, that we have few EV vehicles now and if there's just 10% the demand will go way up. There's a tremendous amount of power in a full gas tank.
Or, that the "adequate" we have now is just barely. Mostly because the industrial output in the USA is much reduced.
And, powerplant construction is pretty much at a standstill. It takes decades to propose one, design it, build it and bring one on line. Not to mention hundreds of billions of dollars.
Approaching a Trillion soon.

The list goes on.

 

[GPSMan]

Ahhh, the perfect world. Doesn't take into account a trickle charger would take a loooong time. More time than most people have.
Or, that we have few EV vehicles now and if there's just 10% the demand will go way up. There's a tremendous amount of power in a full gas tank.
Or, that the "adequate" we have now is just barely. Mostly because the industrial output in the USA is much reduced.
And, powerplant construction is pretty much at a standstill. It takes decades to propose one, design it, build it and bring one on line. Not to mention hundreds of billions of dollars.
Approaching a Trillion soon.

The list goes on.

Spoken truly from someone judging without trying it first.

In a word: lazy.

 

[Timothyd]

Spoken truly from someone judging without trying it first.

In a word: lazy.

Easy to claim that without any facts to back it up.

 

[GPSMan]

Easy to claim that without any facts to back it up.

I've got piles of facts.
You just don't care!

 

[Timothyd]

I've got piles of facts.
You just don't care!

Oh? Let's here some facts. I'd get a plug-in tomorrow if it made sense. Start by addressing the issues I mentioned above. Thanks

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