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was centralized generation that
was dispatchable, controllable,
and a lot of that was done
20, 30, 40 years ago. From
a transmission perspective,
we're fine in the near term,
but I think what we're going
to see is a significant amount
of load growth, or demand for
electricity, increase because
of electrification. ... We've got
to do a lot of planning on our
system to make sure that the
system is updated. It's not
so much a question of if that
change is going to happen. It's
more of a question of when. "
Simon Whitelocke, president of utility
company ITC Michigan
"
" We launched the Volt over
10 years ago. Even 10 years
past, I would argue we're still
a long way away from getting
a level of comfort that exists
for mainstream customers
to say that they can do those
1-in-20 trips that are longer
beyond their range or that are
Whitelocke
Posawatz
overnight, on vacation, visiting
a relative or seeing their kids
off to college. It really is a
multifaceted problem in the
U.S. Most of the charging is still
done at home. But the home is
different for different people.
In a multifamily dwelling, we
don't have the right solutions
in place to make it easy for
whoever owns that dwelling
to accommodate the handful
of EV drivers that they have.
That's one piece of it. Then,
how do you appropriately
get everyone upgraded at the
home when they do enter into
the world of EVs? I'm a little bit
concerned that some people
are not solving all of these
acute problems that have to be
solved. "
Tony Posawatz, former CEO of Fisker
Automotive and ex-vehicle line
director of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in
hybrid at General Motors
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