The Coming EV Rush. This has the potential to upend the grid transition even faster than previously predicted. There are dozens of brand name models on the market now and a bit of a price war is breaking out. That will only make EV consumers more likely to make a jump over to instant torque. Many of the other barriers to entry have started to be eliminated: charging, range, societal norm and of course operating cost. The EV adoption in the US lags the EU by 3x or more, and this price decrease could become an accelerant. Once this happens, which isn’t a question of if, but when, what will the grid need in terms of build out of new generation and flexibility. We’ll see new rate schedules, pricing signals, infrastructure investments and more. Like I’ve said in the past, the energy transition isn’t about how energy is made but how it’s used.
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