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Will electric cars overload the power grid?

With more and more coming on the market every day, I love the possibility of being able to drive a more eco-friendly and economical electric car. I’m concerned, however, will the sudden influx of electric cars overload the power grid?

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Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
If you’re currently shopping for a new car, it sure seems like electric cars are everywhere. Luckily, experts estimate that even at their current pace of production
electric vehicles
make for a rather negligible percentage of energy usage on the power grid.
Electric cars however are absolutely part of a global shift away from a reliance on fossil fuels. The power grid will have to evolve and change in many ways in the coming years to keep pace with new technology and the energy needs of American households and businesses, but this is not solely due to the popularity of electric cars.
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