Californians Told Not to Charge Electric Cars Days After Gas Car Sales Ban

California bans gas car sales then tells people not to charge EVs

California advises residents to forgo charging their electric vehicles days after banning on the sale of new gas-powered cars.

California residents asked to curtail electricity, avoid charging electric cars ahead of Labor Day

California is urging residents to curtail their energy use for a second day in a row as the state braces for a heat wave ahead of the Labor Day weekend. Huge swaths of the West could see temperatur…

Confusing? California Bans Gas-Powered Cars But Says Don’t Charge Electric Cars Due To Power Grid

What’s a driver to do? California bans gas-powered cars and then says don’t charge electric ones because the power grid can’t handle it. This may

California urged to conserve electricity a second straight day

If voluntary conservation fails to ease the strain on the power grid, Cal ISO could move into a series of emergency alerts, including rolling blackouts.

Gavin Newsom blasted for asking Californians to avoid charging electric vehicles during heat wave

Chuck DeVore, a former California assemblyman who left the state for Texas, weighed in on Gov. Newsom's plea with state residents to avoid charging electric vehicles.

Californians told not to charge EVs as grid struggles in heat wave

Californians were told Wednesday not to charge their electric vehicles during peak hours, just days after the state said it would stop selling gas-powered cars, as the aging electricity grid struggles with a fearsome heatwave.Temperatures as high as 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius) were forecast in some Los Angeles suburbs as a huge heat dome bakes a swathe of the western United States.The sweltering weather will put huge demands on t…