In an interview, the German chancellor said he believes the ban is 'wrong,' as Germany's auto giants struggle to stay competitive against Chinese electric carmakers.
Which is a terribly short period if you need to update the grid nation (and continent) wide.
You must consider that probably most of the people would live in small cities/villages. In Italy for example, only about 30% of the people live in cities with more than 50000 residents (which are a total of 136 cities out of 7896 total).
So, assuming that you are able to increase the production to the required level, in 10 years you are maybe able to upgrade the grid of the bigger cities (which itself is a nice feat, given the problems they have) but then you left out most of your population.
Can the infrastructure handle the increase right now if we do nothing? No.
The question is “will it be ready?”. And yes, they can and will be in 2035. Studies predict readyness for substantial growth by around 2027-30 in Europe, provided further investment.
The question is “will it be ready?”. And yes, they can and will be in 2035. Studies predict readyness for substantial growth by around 2027-30 in Europe, provided further investment.
The "provided further investment." is the key point. What I see is that they want to ban the production of ICE engine in 2035 but they are doing nothing to have the infrastructure ready.
Ok, quick question: do you really think that all the infrastructures are ready to handle, let’s say, a 50% increase in EV cars ?
2035 is 10 years.
Which is a terribly short period if you need to update the grid nation (and continent) wide.
You must consider that probably most of the people would live in small cities/villages. In Italy for example, only about 30% of the people live in cities with more than 50000 residents (which are a total of 136 cities out of 7896 total).
So, assuming that you are able to increase the production to the required level, in 10 years you are maybe able to upgrade the grid of the bigger cities (which itself is a nice feat, given the problems they have) but then you left out most of your population.
Can the infrastructure handle the increase right now if we do nothing? No. The question is “will it be ready?”. And yes, they can and will be in 2035. Studies predict readyness for substantial growth by around 2027-30 in Europe, provided further investment.
I haven’t read them all, but here are some sources: https://www.acea.auto/press-release/powering-europes-green-freight-future-acea-and-eurelectric-call-for-urgent-grid-reform-and-investment/ https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/grid-agency-confirms-plans-five-new-large-scale-power-transmission-lines-germany https://te-cdn.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/files/2023_07_TE_AFIR_grid_readiness_final.pdf https://www.sei.org/perspectives/blackouts-arent-new-but-is-europes-grid-ready-for-the-next-one
Also, renewables have already overtaken coal as the biggest source of electricity. So it shouldn’t be a question of lacking energy. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
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"provided further investment."is the key point. What I see is that they want to ban the production of ICE engine in 2035 but they are doing nothing to have the infrastructure ready.