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"The Grid Can't Handle EVs," They Say. Let's Put This Myth Out To Pasture.

12 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

"The argument is sticky not because it's a good argument, but because it depends on half-truths...This idea that the grid will collapse if too many people get EVs means that a country [like Norway] with, say, half of the cars already EVs, would have already run into serious problems. But, it didn't happen. Showing that this 'real world problem' doesn't actually exist in the real world goes a long way toward debunking the myth."

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