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Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

We don’t have the electrical infrastructure to handle the extra load. We barely have enough capacity for the additional a/c units in hot climates. Just look at Texas and California’s power outages and brownouts.