EVs seen as problem for electric grid

 Telegraph:

Biden’s crazy electric car plan means grid collapse, probably this decade

Policies enacted by the Biden administration and the previous, Democrat-controlled Congress are set to plunge the USA into a serious energy crisis in the coming years. It all has to do with the Biden government’s decision to try to force mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) before either the market or the power grid can adjust to meet the whopping new demand for power generation or to supply the critical minerals needed to make the batteries that power the cars.

Democrat members of Congress and Biden’s appointed officials are coordinating an effort to force EV adoption on reluctant consumers via a classic carrot and stick approach. The Orwellian 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides the carrot in the form of billions of dollars in new subsidies for EV makers and buyers alike, while the Biden EPA applies the proverbial stick by invoking stricter tailpipe emissions controls and higher mileage requirements designed to force most current internal combustion engine (ICE) models out of the market.
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I have no interest in owning an EV at this point.  They are too expensive and too much trouble to "fuel" at this point. 

See, also:

The EPA's plan to break the electricity grid

Searing heat has pushed the U.S. power grid to the very limit this summer. The reliability of our power supply is hanging by a thread, with new power demand records set weekly. The nation's top power reliability experts have repeatedly warned that we're in a power supply crisis. But the Biden administration's response — if you can call it that — is a proposal to eliminate the very power plants keeping the lights on.

The administration is bungling the energy transition with potentially horrific consequences. Instead of listening to the nation's utilities, grid operators, and reliability experts on how to responsibly manage the pivot to renewable energy, the Biden team has turned the reins of the nation's energy policy over to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). What's now playing out is alarmingly dangerous and sadly predictable.

EPA is using every rule-making and regulation it can to put pressure on power plant owners and automakers to force a lightning fast pivot away from fossil fuels. The result is a blitz of rules that aims to wipe out the nation's coal and natural gas fleets — which provide 60% of the nation's power — while forcing an equally rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

The EPA's newest proposed rule aimed at tackling carbon emissions from the power sector — the so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 — has drawn unprecedented concern from the very people charged with keeping the lights on and air conditioners running. The rule, which gives plant owners the false choice of installing unproven and exorbitantly expensive technology — or closing their plants to meet emissions reduction targets — is more than likely unlawful. What we know for certain is the energy crisis that it will invite.
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The Biden administration is totally unrealistic about its attempted transition from fossil fuels.  Even if the cars were all-electric, the electricity would still rely on fossil fuels for several years.  They are obviously true believers in global warming, although there are legitimate questions as to what is happening in the real world.