EV charging and hydro generation/distribution challenges

[tomh009]

Finally. Really looking forward to this. Clean travel.

There will be some work that will need to be done to ensure we have sufficient generation and transmission capacity to support a massive shift to EVs in the coming decades. How much of that incremental generating capacity will be carbon-free is something no one knows yet.

I do wonder how large an EV population could realistically be charged overnight (considering that few cars will have completely empty batteries each night) given our current spare overnight generation capacity.