I've updated the article now on the numbers! I did conflate gwh with gw.
The correct calculation should be: 400 million cars X 100kwh car batteries = 40 000 000 000kwh needed = 40 000gwh. Assuming you charge once a week, it would draw 40 000gwh of electricity.
I also updated to give a better comparison with nuclear reactors, taking into ac…
I've updated the article now on the numbers! I did conflate gwh with gw.
The correct calculation should be: 400 million cars X 100kwh car batteries = 40 000 000 000kwh needed = 40 000gwh. Assuming you charge once a week, it would draw 40 000gwh of electricity.
I also updated to give a better comparison with nuclear reactors, taking into account the Swedish Ringhals reactor which produces 27 000gwh per year. So the nuclear reactor couldn't even make in a year what will be needed in a week.
Point is, we still need loads of nuclear reactors if we are to transition to EVs!
I've updated the article now on the numbers! I did conflate gwh with gw.
The correct calculation should be: 400 million cars X 100kwh car batteries = 40 000 000 000kwh needed = 40 000gwh. Assuming you charge once a week, it would draw 40 000gwh of electricity.
I also updated to give a better comparison with nuclear reactors, taking into account the Swedish Ringhals reactor which produces 27 000gwh per year. So the nuclear reactor couldn't even make in a year what will be needed in a week.
Point is, we still need loads of nuclear reactors if we are to transition to EVs!