On Feb 16, 12:13*am, Tony wrote:
George wrote:
On 2/15/2010 4:08 PM, Bill wrote:
Well I'm getting out my popcorn to sit back and watch the show in
California
with this. They [California] had a fit with everyone buying those new
TV's
which use a bit more energy. (Overloading the electric grid.) In
California
no one wants any new major electric transmission lines built in their
backyard.

If quite a few people buy these cars in California, it will be
interesting
to see what they do when it places a strain on their electric grid.
Neighborhood nukes?

Or for that matter if there was a concentration of these new cars in one
neighborhood anywhere. Say 3 homes all on the same electric company
transformer. Then all 3 homes get electric vehicles, and they all
recharge
them at 6:00 pm when they get home on a hot summer day, and also have
their
AC and everything else going full blast???

Neighborhood Nuclear Power...
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/about.html

Aren't you assuming worst case? I think a lot of diversity will be
involved. Many would likely just use a longer term lower current draw
charge.

And a lot more people would be going to off peak rates so they don't
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OK if you have off-peak rates; which make great sense by the way. By
spreading the load.
Some places in the UK for example they have (or had) heat storage
heaters that used electrcity at night at a cheaper rate.
The cheap rate switched off early in the morning as people got up,
made breakfast, used electric trains and street cars to get to work,
factories started up etc.