Will Finland’s electricity network fail if everyone gets a rechargeable car?
Hardly.
In Norway, the country with the most electric cars in the world, about 90 percent of the new cars sold already run on electricity alone. About a third of the entire car fleet uses charging. The country has therefore accumulated a lot of experience and data on car charging and its effects on the electricity grid.
Last year, our northern neighbor’s more than seven thousand cars that charged at over 50 kilowatt fast charging stations consumed about two parts per thousand, or thousandths, of the country’s total electricity consumption, says a local fuel and energy company manager. benefit organization.
The amount of electricity required by power charging is therefore negligible, and practically does not affect the consumption of the entire country. Power and simultaneous charging are significant factors in the carrying capacity of the electricity network.
The subject was reported first in Finland Ilta-Sanomat.
87,508 passenger cars were first registered in Finland last year, of which 54 percent were rechargeable. 29,536 fully electric cars were first registered.