Ford Motor Company (F): Would 500K Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Cars Crash the Power Grid?

While that study was considering the impact of plug-in hybrids, there is clearly enough room for EVs to enter the market without totally disrupting it. That’s why it’s also fairly safe to say that plugging in the first half-million Teslas won’t crash our power grid, in fact, we would actually be using energy that might have otherwise been lost. That being said, there is clearly the need to upgrade our ancient system, as well as adding to our peak capacity, but let’s just say we won’t be blaming Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) if the grid goes down.

This also means there’s more than enough room for additional plug-in hybrids or EVs to enter the market from competitors such as Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), which already has a Focus EV as well as plug-in versions of its C-Max and Fusion to go along with many of its gas-sipping models. The bottom line here is that the electric-vehicle revolution is still in its early stages, and while disruptive in once sense of the word, EVs are not a total disruption. That makes it a great time for investors to put EVS on their radar.

The article Would Half a Million Teslas Crash the Power Grid? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Matt DiLallo.

Matt DiLallo has long January 2014 $10 calls and short January 2014 $10 puts on Ford. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Ford and Tesla Motors.

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