The Biden administration wants to see "Emission-free" vehicles account for half of all vehicle sales by 2030, while New York state law bans new fossil fuel vehicle sales by 2035 as does a California executive order.
The Washington Post says, "Plug-in Cars Are the Future. The Grid Isn't Ready." But Forbes suggests "Electricity Grids Can Handle Electric Vehicles Easily." Meanwhile, the Gray Lady puts it in question form: "Electric Cars are Coming, and Fast. Is the Nation's Grid Up to It?". Clouding the crystal ball is that we don't know how successful the mandates and subsidies will be, nor how electric vehicle battery technology will progress.
Currently, electric vehicles comprise a rounding error of American vehicles-less than 1 percent of the vehicle fleet.
Put simply, if electric vehicles were competitive, why the mandates and subsidies? Logic 101 slams you over the head. Electric vehicle progress or lack thereof is a research hobby of mine, and I do believe that eventually there will be dramatic improvements to the technology.
If you add enough electric vehicles to perhaps any grid in the entire country you will create emergencies.
So powering an electric vehicle with electricity from natural gas should be cleaner in terms of carbon dioxide emissions than powering an internal combustion engine with gasoline or diesel.
What is the sane alternative to all this? Let electric vehicle technology progress on its own.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/electric-vehicle-mandates-threaten-u-s-grid/
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