Get Ready To Plug in Or Unplug?

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by Lynn

"Average house has 100 amp service at the box. Fast charger technology requires 200 amp minimum. Once the breaker boxes are upgraded then the transmission capacity at the street and the grid becomes completely and utterly substandard."

I agree with the premise that we are ill suited to make the transition to ALL electric in short order. The folks pushing for all electric vehicles have not thought through how we are going to produce so much more than we have now. The transition will need to be more gradual. Personally, I believe the transition can be made easily using plug in hybrids. That is what is working for us.

Having said that, 99% of the time, the average consumer will not need to upgrade the home service. We plug Sherri's Ioinic in when we get home from work; into a regular 120 household outlet. It charges overnight. The fast charge technology NORMALLY is only needed on trips.

Here in Ontario I believe building code for the last 5 yrs 200 amps is required and about 3 yrs ago EVERY garage is prewired for a charging station in the garage right in the building code. AND each bay of the garage MUST be prewired. So 2 bay garage, 2 prewired stations. 4 car garage, 4 prewired station.

Also insurance companies are REQUIRING more power to keep your insurance valid! Back in April of 2005 I sold my house that was built in 1956. That house had been upgraded to 100 amp service. The buyer actually had 30 day after possession to upgrade to 200 amps or his insurance was getting cut off. I was in my new house for a couple months so I was allowing them to go in and do the upgrades before closing.