The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.

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    5 months ago

    240v is available in most homes but three phase is very rare for residential areas unless they are right next to an industrial zone.

    Also a standard 4K heater runs about 3 hours a day and is usually the biggest power draw in a house depending on ac. That is about twice the draw of a class 1 home charger but the charger is probably being used for at least 6 hours for a daily driver. So it’s realistic to almost double a houses daily use with an EV.

    EVs are great but we do need to upgrade the infrastructure to handle them. It’s still a lot less infrastructure then we use to distribute gasoline.

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      5 months ago

      Not against EVs, because I would love to have a Hyundai N. and can’t wait for the EV revolution.

      Now lets say the water heater defense is logical. Lets say we double the water heater load on the grid then.

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        5 months ago

        Over the span of a few decades? Considering our capacity and throughout is increasing, I think that would be just fine.