As electric cars become more popular, electricity at night will be more expensive
The change from burn in means of arrival electricity is changing the way we live and drive, and early adopters of this technology are not exempt. A new study confirms The mass adoption of EVs will turn today’s conventional wisdom to charge cheaply at night.
A new study published in Natural energy Thursday from Stanford University looked at how owning an electric vehicle would affect electricity demand in western states that are already experiencing power outages during hot days. The team discovered what logic can tell you: If everyone has an EV and everyone charges at night, then charging at night will definitely be more expensive. Are from Verge:
Research, conducted by a team at Stanford University and published in the journal Nature Energy, shows that increasing electric vehicle ownership rates in the western United States could lead to peak net electricity demand rising by as much as 25% by 2035, California said last year it would ban the sale of gas-powered cars and trucks.
The team concluded that demand could increase by up to 50% in a “stress test” scenario in which every vehicle on the road is a plug-in model. More demand leads to higher prices, meaning the glory days of cheap overnight charging may be coming to an end.
To solve this problem, we will need more people to charge their cars during the day, such as when going to work or going out and back to town. It also means a lot of investment in public EV chargers, which the relevant agencies are finally making available. Last month, the Biden administration dedicated 5 billion dollars to build a public charging network in a total of more than 500,000 fast chargers.
This year, California becomes the first state to declare it will ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. Currently, the state has the most registered electric vehicles of any state – about 6% of its fleet. But California also lost power earlier this month due to high demand due to soaring temperatures, CNBC report. Finding the right group of chargers will be key to staying afloat when extreme temperatures become as pervasive as electric vehicles.