How Electric Vehicles Could Sink the Texas Grid

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comDec 19, 2017, 7:03 am51 pts
Simultaneous charging of just 60,000 next-generation electric vehicles could one day threaten the Texas grid, an analysis has shown. Based on a 100-kilowatt EV battery with a five-minute charge time, which could potentially be the standard for EVs in three or four years, demand from 60,000 cars charging at…

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