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Electric City Vehicles Cars Power
Electric City Vehicles Cars Power
The world’s automakers are making huge bets on EVs. They’re investing in new battery-powered models and building plants to make those batteries, too. The result could be an onslaught of sleek, stylish cars that leave gas-powered ones in the dust. But it will also mean a big change for the dealerships that sell them. “EVs will eventually become a significant part of a car retailer’s business,” says an analyst with J.D. Power.
EVs use electric motors powered by rechargeable batteries freed from fossil fuels, giving them the same driving range as conventional vehicles and allowing owners to plug in at home or work. They’re gaining popularity in cities like Seattle, where they offer a clean way to commute and reduce air pollution.
Getting enough electricity to fuel all those new cars will be a challenge for the New York Power Authority, which operates the city’s grid. On a good day, when the wind blows off Lake Ontario or a drought hasn’t baked the state’s vast renewable energy infrastructure dry, power from a turbine in Vaughn Moser’s hayfield in a remote upstate village joins the great flow of electrons that courses down through long-distance transmission lines to New York City and its suburbs. But if there’s a heat wave and everybody charges their cars at once, it can send the system to its limits, says Gil Quiniones, chief of the power authority. To avoid that, he needs new or enhanced lines to carry more juice from the renewable producers of upstate New York to the urban utilities that serve them.
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