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Could Electric Cars Threaten the Grid?
Some neighborhood grids just arent built for huge spikes in power demand. The rise of the electric car has utilities scrambling to adjust.
Plugging in an electric vehicle is, in some cases, the equivalent of adding three houses to the grid. That has utilities in Californiawhere the largest number of electric vehicles are soldscrambling to upgrade the grid.
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