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Old 02-23-2009, 12:45 AM  
Odin
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Originally Posted by WiredGuy View Post
You don't want electric cars until the power grid can be upgraded. Most cities are already at capacity for power needs that charging their cars on the same grid would be too much. Hybrids is the first step, then let the government upgrade infrastructure for power and then it'll be time to roll out electric cars.
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Most grids run under-capacity when people are sleeping. Hence why energy is usually discounted at those times. I can't remember the exact numbers, but the current grid can support 10's of millions of electric cars in daily use, long as they are set to charge on timers (as most people would to get discounted energy and it's just the most common sense time).

http://www.teslamotors.com/display_d...model_S_unveil

Tesla Model S. Being fully unveiled on March 26. Looks interesting.
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