All fine and dandy, I like the cartoon but lets look deeper shall we? I think that until we gain the technology to charge cars wireless - the current grid will not even begin to manage the draw required.
The math here is pretty simple: a home charging system for a Tesla currently requires 75 amp service - just for the car. The average small house is equipped with 100 amp service in total.
Funny but true - as part of UN Agenda 21 implementation the group tasked with nudging us plebes into technology acceptance actually takes on the acronym "eMOB".
Historically electric cars were already developed about 120 years ago, and were abandoned because of the limitation of energy that could be stored.
So I think electric cars are still dead on re-arrival with the exception of perhaps a city commuter (as a short trip car) where the existing hi voltage infrastructure is already in place for charging stations. The Chevy Bolt fits in here perfectly with a 32 amp charging station the car takes about 8 hours to charge.
The bottom line I think will be that unless these cars have at least a similar recharging time to that of a gasoline car there will be little near term adaptation by people unless compliance is forced.
Welcome to the future!
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