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A week ago, California issued new rules that will ban the sale of new fuel vehicles in the local market from 2035, according to news on September 2. This week, however, the local heat wave limited the charging time of electric vehicles, requiring owners not to recharge electric vehicles between 16:00 and 21 o'clock.

The California Independent system operator (California Independent System Operator), which operates California's power grid, issued a Flex warning, requiring all residents to voluntarily reduce their electricity consumption between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and warned that more warnings could be issued over the weekend.

Temperatures are expected to soar to more than 37 degrees Celsius as a heat wave sweeps across California. The heat forces residents to turn on their air conditioners, and electricity consumption will soar. The California government also urged local residents to save electricity, set the air conditioner temperature above about 26 degrees Celsius, avoid using major electrical appliances, and turn off lighting as much as possible.

This is not the first time hot weather has affected American electric car owners. During the heat wave that swept through Texas in July, Tesla asked customers to avoid charging electric cars during rush hours.

California's power cuts have drawn criticism from conservatives and the coal and gas industries. "the state requires everyone to buy electric cars by 2035," Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana said on social media Twitter. "it's a joke."

The warning came as California lawmakers submitted a series of climate bills to Governor Gavin Newsom around midnight on Wednesday, including record spending of $54 billion, strict restrictions on oil and gas drilling and an order to stop carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere by 2045.

Erin Mellon, a spokesman for the governor of California, said critics had distorted requirements to limit the charging of electric vehicles.

"We didn't say not to recharge," Mellon said. "We just said not to recharge between 4: 00 p.m. and 9: 00 p.m."

Experts acknowledge that switching to more electric cars in the next few years will pose challenges, and one of the main problems is how to build a power grid capable of carrying heavy loads. But they say it's ridiculous to take a few hours' charging limit to say that the conversion of an electric car will fail.

"Nobody is going to recharge at that time anyway," said Elaine Borseth, president of the Electric vehicle Association (Electric Vehicle Association), an advocacy group. "the price of charging is higher during this period."

Even if there is no heat wave, this is often the most expensive time for electric cars to recharge. This is mainly because residents go home between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., while many companies are still in business, resulting in the greatest demand for electricity, and the grid can no longer use renewable energy such as solar energy.

When she charges her Tesla Model S during off-peak hours, she costs only 24 cents per kilowatt-hour, Mr. Bolsese said. It costs more than 50 cents per kilowatt-hour during peak hours, she said. "this is the biggest factor affecting residents' charging." According to Energy Sage, an online marketplace, electric vehicles generally consume less than 30% of their fuel consumption per mile.

Energy analyst Tyson Siegele points out that California has the highest electricity prices in the United States, and electric car owners must be smart. But he says the transition to renewable energy will eventually reduce costs. "California is in the throes of growth, just like the transition of any new technology."

Scientists believe that the current heat wave that led to the warning in California stems from global climate change. Compared with the past few decades, extreme high temperatures are becoming more frequent, hotter and longer. The National Climate Assessment Agency (National Climate Assessment) pointed out in 2018 that by the 2000s, the frequency of extreme high temperatures had jumped from an average of two times a year in the 1960s to six times a year. According to relevant reports, the annual high temperature has been 45 days longer than in the 1960s.

The National Weather Service said that in the next few days, the western United States, including California, will have a sustained heat wave that is likely to be a record, and the night temperature will be very high. The weather bureau says temperatures in many places are likely to break records. Temperatures are at record highs in many places from Nevada to Washington, which California power operators say will make it harder to distribute power from neighboring states' grids.

At a news conference on Wednesday, California Governor Newsom said the heat wave "has never been more challenging" and stressed the urgency of accelerating the transition to renewable energy.

"We have been trying to conquer nature," Newson added. "but it is clear that nature has conquered us."

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