The Electrifying Facts behind Electric Vehicles (Intro)

[slamlander]

Part I

This is actually the kick-off article for a series of articles that explore the ramifications of bringing electric vehicles into the realm of daily use. Specifically, this involves their impact on our ecology, our energy grid, and the sustainability of their continued use 1 .

There has been a lot of marketing hype, from the EV manufacturers,

Comments

I look forward to it!

[tomo2k]

With regards to note 2:
The UK National Grid provides free access to a lot of historical and near-live information regarding UK demand, generating capacity and HVDC links.
You may find some of this useful.

http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Data/Demand+Data/

Re: I look forward to it!

[slamlander]

I am aware of that and the EU data as well. I will normalize both those and US Department of Energy data as well. I intend for this to be well footnoted, referenced, and cited. I am still sorting on how to present the final data. I already have the spreadsheet which I will release with the final chapter. It is not yet complete but mostly there.

[iptv_tech]

An outfit in Juneau, Alaska is building infrastructure for electric vehicles.

No details in the article I saw.