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1/3 of the US gasoline pipeline was held hostage or had a massive leak in 2021, shuts down for hurricanes, and had an explosion in 2016.

But every individual household can't high speed charge on their residential service 250 miles every day while their air conditioning is running. (/s)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware...

https://newrepublic.com/article/161498/huntersville-north-ca...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Colonial_Pipeline_leak



Air conditioning peak load is 2-7pm, 5.5kW. EV peak load is like 7pm-1am, 6-12kW (and can be dialed back).

Frankly they are complimentary. If you have the service to run AC, you already have the service for an EV.


Exactly. And modern thermostats and modern electric cars can work around each other, around grid usage dynamics while also extending the average driver's battery life because 8 hours of sleep doesn't require full speed charging.


> everybody can't high speed charge on their residential service 250 miles every day

Fortunately, most people drive substantially less than 91K miles per year, so everyone charging 250 miles every day is not anywhere close to the actual requirement.


Added the /s for clarity;

The gasoline delivery pipeline is a risk to national security and the health of citizens; it has experienced a number of issues over the last 10 years.

95% of fear-mongers are concerned about the 5% use case, while ignoring that humans sleep, eat, or need to stretch legs in less miles.


Why would everyone high speed charge? You can get 250 miles in Model 3 at 12 hours of 6.6kW (~22 mi/hour). Even only eight hours would get 170 miles. Eight hours of charging per night is doable for most people, I imagine.


This is what I am pointing out about the article, industry, and fear mongering on this subject.

the p50 for daily commute distance in America is ~41 miles; if cars only had a 200 mile range. they'd still last ~4+ days; and that's not accounting for the possibility of "topping" off at commercial electric properties (places or employment/entertainment, transportation hub, gas stations installing chargers)




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