Midpack
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The nighttime deal will offset the impact to some extent, but otherwise I'm with you...I suspect that you and I are both right on this. There is likely an excess of electricity available at night today. John Q Public is not noted for cooperating very well and at least some of us would need/want to recharge during the heat of the day and many utitlities would not be able to meet the demand. The amount of electricity required to recharge several million electric vehicles would be massive. Just a guess but I think electric car technology and ownership will advance faster than any increase in electrical generation capacity and there will be more brownouts in our future.