What is the Grid Gap?
There are no two ways about it: Americans are ditching their gasoline combustion engines for Electric Vehicles (EVs) in record numbers. And that rate is only increasing. Today, over 1 in 10 cars on the road today are Electric or Hybrid Vehicles, and experts predict that by 2030, that number will soar to over 60%.
Imagine a full EV charge in around 20 mins in the middle of nowhere!
These projections offer a cleaner, more sustainable future for all of us, but they also highlight a deeper problem: How will the electrical grid be able to meet the massively increasing demand for EV charging stations? In 2020, charging energy demand for EVs totaled around 20 billion kilowatt hours. By 2030, that demand will skyrocket to over 280 billion kilowatt hours. Given the infrastructural limitations on America’s electrical grid, demand for power at EV charging stations will soon overburden the grid’s capacity.
This disparity between the supply limitations of the grid and consumers’ increasing demand for rapid, reliable EV charging is known as the Grid Gap (TM). In order to close this gap, we need innovative solutions to provide clean, renewable, and dependable power without placing additional strain on the grid.
Enter charging stations with no reliance on the grid, like Renewable Innovations’ Rapid Charging EV Stations. Rather than plugging into the grid, these charging stations are powered by hydrogen fuel cells, providing fast and sustainable DC charging. This simple, elegant solution allows us to bridge the Grid Gap (TM) -- more EV charging stations with none of the additional strain on the grid. In building more fast charging stations, Renewable Innovations is committed to closing the Grid Gap, bringing our current reality one step closer to a shared vision for a cleaner, more sustainable future.
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