📊 EV’s charts of the week #19

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This week we explore electric vehicles, which we refer to as EVs. Of course, we also refer to Exponential View as EV. But since you are, my dear readers, amongst the smartest and most perceptive humans on this planet, we know we don’t need to explain when we mean EV and when we mean EV. You’re the best.

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FUTURE OF TRANSPORT

Making the shift

Here is the scale of electricity the US grid will need to supply in order to meet the demands for electrification. It’s a lot but it “won’t break the grid”. Via Tim McDonnell In the UK, the National Grid is confident that not only will it cope with the EV transition, but it also figures electrification will actually improve the grid. (Also introduces the concept of “bladder ra…