On 12 Aug 2009 21:52:45 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote:
Recliner wrote
Yes, that's a very good point. Imagine if every house in the street was
charging its electric car(s) overnight -- it's pretty unlikely that the
local sub-station and wiring could handle the load. It may be OK if just
one or two houses use 13amp sockets, but not if the whole street is
doing it for hours on end.


Many neighbourhoods were sized on the basis of many night storage
heaters, remember them ?

So probably only little local difficulties until electrical cars reach
10 % or so.


And long before it became a problem, separately supplied charging
pillars would have been installed.

Interesting that Renault's stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show is
displaying only electric cars. No-one should be in any doubt that
mass production of electric cars is going to happen.