I hate to rain on the EV parade, but, who is going to invest the critical and much needed $400 Trillion in building new electrical generation and transmission lines to support all these new EV vehicles, in the next 9 years? Graphic example: California just ordered all EV vehicles NOT to charge, because the power transmission lines were at peak load and could not meet the expected charging demands. Record heat, record AC use, forest fires caused by overheated and sagging transmission lines... etc etc... repeat across Europe. Presently, there is serious discussion about shutting down Hoover Dam because of extreme drought. The water level in Lake Meade is lower than it has been in 50 years. Mining for EV battery materials and critical component materials is in extreme short supply, for the projected future. Large power plants historically take 20 or more years to build, Large transformers have lead times measured in years. Transmission lines? Who knows for sure, few have been built in the past 40 years. Steel for towers... made in the steel mills in China... Wire for lines... ? Who mines the raw materials and what is the real lead time to make thousands of miles of new transmission lines? Asking for a friend.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:55 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/mercedes-benz-go-all-electric-2030-n1274708 > > Plans to invest more than $47 billion by 2030 to develop battery-electric > vehicles, and be ready for an all-electric car market by 2030. > > Spending on traditional combustion-engine technology "close to zero" by > 2025. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
