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Impact of battery electric vehicles, BEV, on Grid

Donn Dears
USA
2023
ddears.com

How would the US electric grid be affected if all 290 million light vehicles, i.e., cars and pickup trucks, were battery electric vehicles (BEVs)?

A large number of new Natural Gas Combined Cycle power plants will need to be built if Battery Electric Vehicles replace Internal Combustion Engine vehicles, but there is time to build them in an orderly manner.

On the other hand, adopting BEVs will likely result in an immediate, and serious increase in DT transformer failures. Without adequate replacement DTs, utilities will have to scramble to find ways to keep homes supplied with electricity or temporarily prevent BEVs from being charged at home.