Fill The Ocean. Last night I stopped at a supercharger and without much thought saw that the car was charging at 96kW for nearly an hour. Plus there were 15 other cars in the lot charging at the same time. What will happen when there needs to be 100 charging ports all going at once? Who will pay for the service upgrade and who pays for the demand charges? The reality is that the grid is not meant to have multiple MW scale loads with sporadic consumptions without foresight. That would be like filling the ocean with your garden hose.
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