What's up where two lines have the same numbers for Mustang and Ford Trucks?

Explain to me where I'm wrong.  I'm likely not your "average people" as I do have a BS in electrical engineering and 20 years working with and for a utility company, so I do have a bit of background in this area.

Your previous post directed at me says it all; and I’ll add it was actually funny.  Clearly you’re not going to take anything I write seriously so why bother?  Reality is that unless a person has the right education and background they can’t possibly understand this complex a problem, and certainly average people won’t know who is correct when opposing views are expressed.  Regardless of who is right, getting too technical isn’t going to accomplish a goddamn thing.  It’s like arguing religion — just makes everyone pissed. 😡 

Please enlighten us.

Ford Vice Chair John Lawler expects more engine outsourcing to suppliers     

Northern Michigan went through a devastating ice storm in late March and early April.  We went without power for nine days and friends of mine had no power for 18 days.  My small town (Gaylord) was literally shut down.  The hospital had a generator and was the only place in town that had power.  Two gas stations eventually got power, so at least you could gas up your vehicles and get gas for your generator.  The EV charging stations in town were low priority and had no power for more than a week.  And good luck charging your EV with your home charger.  A friend of mine in a nearby town that owns a Kia EV was unable to charge it, so it sat in his garage while he drove his Tacoma until the power came back on.  Yes, I realize this was an extreme weather event that I won't see again in my lifetime, but it further soured me on owning an EV.  And thank god for a woodstove, that's the only reason we stayed here for those nine days.  

You should step back and look at much bigger picture.  Individually most of what you state is correct, but taken as a whole the premise is wrong, and leads to invalid conclusions.

As was already explained that’s not at all how electricity generation works.

I know several people who use their laptop and nothing else.  Like, ain't no way I could do that.  My summer engineering internship while I was in college consisted of programming PLC's with ladder logic.  It was done entirely on a laptop with a touchpad.  I was so unproductive.  And this was nearly 30 years ago, so the touchpad really sucked!     Actually, demand goes down at night, so night is the best time to charge EVs.  Have you heard of "base load" generation?  The only fossil-fuel plants that get "cranked up" are natural gas units.  Coal plants and nuclear plants run flat out all the time, supplying the power for base load.  There is no cranking them up for demand, that's what gas turbine generation is for.  Gas turbine generators are more expensive to run, so they try to fire them up as little as possible.  They mostly come online during the day in the summer when it's 100 degrees and everyone's ACs are cranking.   Running solar (running?  it doesn't really run, but we'll go with that term) actually helps reduce the load during the day when demands are the highest.  You share your solar energy during the day in exchange for base load power at night.  It's a win/win situation (except the customer gets screwed if they over produce).   Note, I used to work for an electric utility, specifically at a nuke plant.  That company actually built a data center to take excess load from the grid at night to mine bitcoins.  It's more efficient than backing down a plant due to decreased load.  They also have a pumped storage hydroelectric plant that pumps water uphill at night to generate power during the day.  So, don't think companies are cranking up fossil-fuel plants at night to support EV charging.   Note 2, I have a net-metering agreement for my solar, so I know how that works.  Yes, it's accounting, but it's there to make the excess solar production during the day "fair" to the customer since they are helping to smooth the spikes for the utility.

🙃 uh ok.....