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Old 03-08-2011, 12:37 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by usa1camaro1969 View Post
And how is everyone's power-grids prior to the cars of the future plugging in? This winter in central Texas we had a cold spell that put such a strain on the grid the electric company had rolling blackouts. A lot of people were up in arms and they had to answer when it hit some of the hospitals(which it wasn't supposed to).
It wasn't that long ago i remember the northeast going through the brownouts as the strain was put on their grids.
What's going to happen when all of these get plugged in?
Nothing. Volt uses $1.20 worth of electricity per day if it requires a full charge.
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