Are you preparing to buy an electric car yet?

@Nadie I can tell you where you can stick the charger.

@Nadie so true.
I'd be ok as I'd just charge mine at the front of my property or I'd build a carport round the back. lots of houses on streets and roads won't be able to.

@Nadie I heard the state of California is urging people to stop charging their electric cars, because the grid can't handle it. This is the problem when you only move forward in solving one part of the bigger problem.

@LordShadowfire Quite a few EVs will have V2G (vehicle to grid) in the future. This will help stabilize the grid because the EV will be able to decide to sell back to the grid if the price is high enough. Most grids have plenty of total capacity for EVs, the challenge is coping with peak usage when a large number of people charge all at the same time. This is easily dealt with by connecting the cars to the electricity market so that they know the real time price and can defer charging until it is cheaper. The British national Grid has published papers on the subject and concluded that upgrades to generating and transmission capacity that are already planned are sufficient to cope with the increased demand.

@Scarfface I am one of those "lots of people" that governments and campaigners seem unable to grasp exist! In the UK it's thought well over a third, possibly nearly half, of motorists are in that situation.