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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FlatTopPete" data-source="post: 315680" data-attributes="member: 7280">Disclaimer: the following information I found on the internet and have not fact checked it yet but I thought I would pass along either way. Curious if this is accurate….*The average price of an EV is $55K.*Converting your home's electrical system to handle the extra power (300 amps total) would cost $3-5K.*Home charging would still take 8 hours to fully charge an EV, not to mention the increase of 30-50% monthly electrical cost raises.*Super chargers (Tesla) still take 1-2 hours to fully charge an EV (80% - 45 minutes).*Four super chargers (Tesla) use the same power as powering 250 homes.*It's estimated that 200 additional power plants would have to be built in order to handle the electrical load of charging EV's. Est cost - $2.3 trillion. They would have to be powered by fossil fuels, thus negating the premise of the New Green Deal. *Present power lines cannot handle the required electricity to charge EV's, and would have to be replaced at a cost that's unimaginable. *Current wind and solar farms could only handle 1/10,000th of the EV charge demand.We have enough domestic oil to supply our needs for the next 300+ years. One day, in the distant future, technology MIGHT be able to sustain an EV power grid via logistical and fiscal means. Currently, hybrid vehicles seem to be a pragmatic stopgap until such technology is developed.</blockquote>