Simple questions:
1). What is projected capacity of electricity production in the US. in 2030?
2). What is the required capacity in 2030 to replace the entire fleet of internal combustion vehicles with electric?
3). How much incremental electrical generation capacity is required to bride the gap?
4). Is there a plan in place today to build the incremental electric capacity required to service the number of electric vehicles needed to replace Internal combustion powered vehicles , plus increase the capacity of the grid to transmit the incremental electricity? We only have 9 years until 2030 so if plans aren’t already on the drawing board and contracts for construction being written today it isn’t going to happen.
A real analyst would have done the math and included it in the article to prove the hypothesis.
Not just generating capacity, transmission.
The governments own estimates are that. 8000 charging stations (with 3 units each) are needed to service just 7 million cars. There are almost 240 million passenger vehicles in America. Then factor in that charging will take about 30 minutes instead of 5 minutes for a tank of gas. Want to spend half your day in an EV charge station lineup?
Expect the price of electricity to quadruple
Going to operate a Submarine with solar power???