Comment Comment by onlyrealcuzzo Electric cars use 1/4th the energy of ICE cars (https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/evtech.shtml).Petroleum for transportation currently accounts for 27% of US energy usage (https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/).If 100% of cars switch to electric (not happening any time soon) - we only need 25% * 27% = 7% more electricity.We'll be on pace to add that much just in solar in 3 years. It's not going to be a problem to handle electric vehicle adoption over 15 years. parent onlyrealcuzzo 3 years ago
Petroleum for transportation currently accounts for 27% of US energy usage (https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/).
If 100% of cars switch to electric (not happening any time soon) - we only need 25% * 27% = 7% more electricity.
We'll be on pace to add that much just in solar in 3 years. It's not going to be a problem to handle electric vehicle adoption over 15 years.