What Your Grid Models Aren't Telling You About Electric Vehicles

01 Apr 2025 | Abstracted from UtilityDrive

"Circuits and transformers were designed for steady, predictable growth, not for fast-growing and sudden load spikes...Other loads are also adding pressure. Data centers, heat pumps and electrified buildings..EV-focused load shifting needs to work differently."

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