Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Versus Physics - Part 1

What happens when you try to scale up an EV passenger car battery to be able to power a commercial vehicle. Nothing good. UK commercial vehicle electrification stalled by grid connection delays: SMMT

When politicians make pronouncements, and laws, about technology and infrastructure with no knowledge of physics or engineering, things are bound to go wrong. You can't change the physics of how batteries charge, you can't change the physics around power generation and distribution, and you can't solve intractable engineering problems by passing a law.

The UK has stated that no fossil-fuel powered commercial vehicles will be sold after a given date. Two dates were given, depending on the size of the vehicle. The problem is that you can't plug them in and charge them in a reasonable time.

The main issue, however, is securing grid connections, with some operators facing delays of up to 15 years.

This delay is seen as too long to meet the 2035 and 2040 deadlines for ZEV-only vehicle sales.

And given that all the operators are going to want to plug those vehicles in at the end of the day, engineering a grid that can handle that kind of load is going to be an "interesting challenge."

I love it when politicians pretend they are engineers, well, not when I'm impacted by the insanity that follows. But it is interesting to watch from a suitable distance.

This is the MGUY Australia video Gridlock: FIFTEEN YEAR wait for TRUCK charging points

Find Part 2 at this link: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Versus Physics - Part 2