Ford global director of sustainability thinks adopting electric vehicles could strengthen, not strain, the power grid.
. If all the cars were EVs charging at 7kW [a home charger], they would need 2,008.3TW — nearly twice the grid capacity. If they charged at 50kW [a DC fast charger], they would need 14,345TW — 12.8 times the capacity … that sounds unworkable, and this is usually the kind of thinking behind those who claim the grid won’t handle EVs.”
The reality is that the odds of all EVs being plugged in at once are effectively zero. EVs don’t need to be constantly pulling electricity from the grid — they can draw energy as needed. And this is nothing new — ICE vehicles don’t all pull up to a gas station at the same time, and “” technology helps connected grids transmit power from where it’s available to where it’s needed in real time.
Williams believes Ford vehicles can be a part of that smart grid. “We are working on turning every Ford EV into a virtual power plant that can be part of a collective power-grid solution,” she writes. “Unlike traditional gas-powered vehicles, EVs have massive batteries that store energy for power.
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