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Could Electric Cars Threaten the Grid?

Plugging in an electric vehicle is, in some cases, the equivalent of adding three houses to the grid. That has utilities in California—where the largest number of electric vehicles are sold—scrambling to upgrade the grid to avoid power outages.

Electric cars being sold today can draw two to five times more power when they’re charging than electric cars that came on the market just a couple of years ago.
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