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California asks residents not to charge electric vehicles....

They need wider adoption of net metering. Then electric car owners will break the habit of charging their cars as soon as they get home (evening peak when electricity is most expensive) or at least, if they might need the car in the evening, only part charge it.

Net metering is an agreement between suppliers and consumers. The only government intervention necessary is subsidies for the actual meters.
 
I have a feeling that what they actually want is for people to charge their cars at night when demand is lower which many do anyway asit's the cheapest time to charge them.

Just as a side note the UK will be banning the sale of ICE cars from 2030.
 
I have a feeling that what they actually want is for people to charge their cars at night when demand is lower which many do anyway asit's the cheapest time to charge them.

Yes if you have a "smart meter". Those weren't a recent invention btw. It used to be called "off peak" and there was a separate meter for off peak power to be charged at a lower rate.

Many people don't trust smart meters though. They reveal home power usage to the utility, and can also be used to shut down "smart" equipment in the home. It wouldn't worry me, if the power bill was smaller.

Just as a side note the UK will be banning the sale of ICE cars from 2030.

Easy to say, eight years ahead.
 

It's actually been signed into law in the UK.

As for smart meters there's been a bit of a scandal about them in the UK. There's been a huge push to get everyone to have one but there's been problems with billing being wrong and them giving false data. The house I live in is old and we've passed on the opportunity to upgrade to smart meters.
 
My comment
We were asked the same not too long ago
 
Now's the time to invest in a horse and buggy business.
 
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