----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Blanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:15 AM Subject: Re: IEEE Article on Plug-In Hybrids
> > From: Jed Rothwell > > > Plus, I forgot to mention, most electric cars will be recharged overnight, > > when most electricity comes from baseline nuclear power in most states. (I > > think it is around 80%.) What it boils down to is that with electric cars, > > we could have millions of nuclear powered automobiles, with no change to > > the present infrastructure. > > Unfortunately, this would likely not be the case without some incentives. Most people would pull into their garage and plug in their charger thus adding to the peak load in the summer. They would need an incentive to plug in before going to bed. > > A special charging plug and a timed outlet solves that problem. It could also be made tamper proof. Jeff
