Help an old fogey with the logistics of cars of future

I would like some serious information provided regarding where all the power is going to come from for these hybrid and electric automobiles

An electric car. Picture: Chris Ison ROK311017celectriccar

PLEASE forgive my ignorance but I would like some serious information provided regarding where all the power is going to come from for these hybrid and electric automobiles everyone is talking about arriving in the not too distant future.

I read about power shortages when it's hot because everyone now relies upon airconditioning rather than opening a window or two to provide cross flow ventilation and the subsequent blackouts this dependence on technology causes all over Australia.

When we all plug in overnight to recharge our cars won't that cause a similar situation? Is there a power mercy rule if it's a heatwave and we need to power up at the same time we turn the aircon on?

I've read somewhere that recharging a car from household power will take hours but can be quicker if we get a additional power application connected to our homes. Is that like the old three-phase and what cost would be involved? What's going to happen if there are two and three cars at a residence? Will there be an overnight cheap rate for power introduced?

Can you use double adaptors?

I apologise for my ignorance but I, like so many others, am struggling to pay for electricity now and I'm concerned if we're going to use more of it, as usual the scarcer it becomes the more expensive it is.

Looking forward to some logical reply that an old fogey like myself can understand.

GEORGE MCCARTHY

Little Mountain

Originally published as Help an old fogey with the logistics of cars of future