In my previous post I posited that the electric utilities would be the ones to actually make electric cars go. And that they'll profit from the change, long term, while making the world a bit greener in the process.
The oil companies will lose out, but that's okay. The oil companies' loss is the electric utilities' gain.
There have been some news items in the past week that indicate that more and more utilities are figuring this out.
San Diego Gas and Electric is establishing milestones that will enable them to deliver electricity to electric car drivers. It will take a while, but it appears that SDG&E is in it for the long haul.
Fifteen Michigan utilities are participating in a pilot program with Ford. The utilities get plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to use in their daily operations. But in order best to use them the utilities need to create charging infrastructure for the vehicles. The utilities and Ford will share information resulting from the project.
The last article I'm going to reference in this post has a spokesperson from Southern California Edison stating that they expect electric cars to account for over 10% of their demand by 2020. Considering that our overall demand for electricity has been steadily increasing over time, this is significant.
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