Utility Companies Thrilled Over First Electric Vehicle Arrivals

The first mass-market electric cars go on sale next month, and the nation's electric utilities couldn't be more thrilled — or worried.

Plugged into a socket, an electric car can draw as much power as a small house. The surge in demand could knock out power to a home, or even a neighborhood. That has utilities in parts of California, Texas and North Carolina scrambling to upgrade transformers and other equipment in neighborhoods where the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are expected to be in high demand.



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uaw_lax - 11/22/2010 12:05:26 PM

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Id rather pay money to American electric companies then fill the pockets of OPEC members over seas.

veyron1001 - 11/22/2010 8:30:55 PM

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Id rather pay OPEC and get 100% gas than this garbage E10 tree hugger crap we have now.

veyron1001 - 11/22/2010 12:13:36 PM

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Well duh. That means you have to buy cords/power stations to charge your electric car.

85bmw745i - 11/23/2010 4:29:51 AM

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E10 sucks it kills you fuel mileage and power resulting in using more fuel, so how much better for the environment can it really be?