Blackout worries: first country in Europe restricts electricity supply for electric cars

In view of the increasing number of registrations for e-cars, concerns about possible overloading of the power grids are growing.

The first government is now drawing conclusions - with a radical step.

Munich - The United Kingdom is aiming for a ban on cars with internal combustion engines by 2030.

Then only electric cars * or hybrid models may be sold for a transitional period.

It's a long way to go, but it could be rocky.

Because already now, owners of a Stromer are faced with hurdles.

As the

reports, Boris Johnson's government wants electric cars to be cut off from the power grid at peak times.

Otherwise, it is feared, the network could be overloaded.

UK government cuts power to electric cars

Charging stations in private households and at workplaces should therefore be disconnected from the network from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The necessary legal basis for this should already have been created so that the new regulation can come into force in May of next year.

If you still want to charge your electric car at these peak times, you have to go to public charging stations or fast chargers on motorways or A-roads, which are comparable to the federal highways in Germany.

Great Britain: In the fight against the blackout, the electricity supply can also be switched off completely

In addition, it should be possible to impose a so-called “randomize delay”.

This means that the power supply can be interrupted for up to 30 minutes in areas in which there is a risk of a blackout due to many parallel charging processes.

The charging process should then be continued seamlessly.

However, the regulation appears to be purely a precautionary measure.

Because, according to the

there are only around 300,000 electric cars in the UK.

For comparison: in Germany there were one million in July 2021.

A blackout does not seem to be expected either.

According to the transmission system operator National Grid, there should definitely be enough energy to keep the power grid stable.

Another reason is that more efficiency can be expected from the increase in renewable energies.