Post #11079 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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The point of departure would have to include an electrical distribution infrastructure matching the places people wanted to use cars, which is a pretty big ask for 1900.

I'm not sure why--we KNOW what would happen if electric had taken off before gasoline, because it did. Gasoline then pulled ahead.
But in any case, let us know when we get to the point of departure on charging : )

Grid work is a challenge. In the UK, the backlog for power connections to the grid (inputs for generators + outputs for as-yet-unpowered EV charging stations) is about 3/4 of a terawatt, or about 11 kW per capita. I imagine it's not so wildly different on a per-capita basis in the US? Though the market is so large and diverse it's hard to make generalizations beyond that there's a lot of grid work to be done, and some companies have years-long waits for their connections.

Jim

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