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Originally Posted by Wigs
In the future it will be common for most homes to have solar panels.
That plus the vast majority of people charge their vehicles at night when rates are cheaper because the grid isn't being used much.
In Niagara we have hydroelectricity (renewable energy) from nearby Niagara Falls
Those two points nullify the argument
dO u kNoW hOw mUcH pOwEr EvS use?
When with gasoline engines we're literally burning hydrocarbons that took untold millions of years to form   |
Of course everyone with a brain knows that even though EVs use a lot of power, they can draw it at night.
"When plugged, an EV uses about what two extra homes would use" goes hand-in-hand with "and of course, that extra EV / those extra two homes, can be plugged only at night, when there's plenty of excess power available".