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Originally Posted by Ohighway
Yeah for now, mostly because of lack of electricity useage during those periods. However, plug in a nation's worth of vehicles at night, and I'd expect those rates to skyrocket overnight.....
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Well, the electric grid is actually built for peaks of usage (figure industry going hard and everyone running their A/C units flat out in their homes). What makes things expensive is having these plants running flat out at those times, while idling at others. By actually running them more, believe it or not, costs come down.
Been working in the industry for years, and actually having a lot of electric vehicles, with time of use electricity pricing in place, will improve things a lot.