You're taking this out of context, your source is talking about needs for the global electrical grid. USA is only a little over 4% of the world population, and it is a safe assumption that the majority of that increase in consumption will come from developing countries since a country like India has poorer infrastructure and far more people that will demand a rapid increase in electricity as their standards of living rise.
To take it further, the blackouts you mention are from surges in demand, most EVs are charged at night when demand is lower.
Overall this is a first class failure of a fear mongering thread, and bonus hilarity for the way the same people who throw tantrums about new standards for efficient light bulbs and air conditioners are suddenly very invested in how much electric cars will burden the electric grid.
We found that the representative utility, depending on charging patterns, will need to invest between $1,700 and $5,800 in grid upgrades per electric vehicle (EV) through 2030.
Utilities must upgrade the grid to handle demand from electric vehicles. The catch? They must avoid driving customer rates through the roof in the process.
www.bcg.com
www.eei.org
Projected number of EVs 26.4 million in 2030;
Assuming the cost is half way between $1,700 and $5,800 or $4,100 per EV X 26.4 million EVs or
$99,000,000,000 additional cost to upgrade the grid.
Also remember this is Biden's guarantee:
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I guarantee We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels” September 06, 2019, 5:49 PM
This means getting rid of 60% of the electricity generating plants that are fossil fuels!
That would mean replacing of the there were 24,645 electric generators at about 11,925 utility-scale electric power plants in the United States.
www.eia.gov
In 2022, about 4,243 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.24 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States. 1 About 60% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases.
www.eia.gov
Now to fulfill Biden's guarantee means building over 7,000 NEW non fossil fuel electric power plants...
The cost to build a new power plant to replace a fossil fuel plant:
The input value used for onshore wind in AEO2022 was $1,411 per kilowatt (kW), and for solar PV with tracking, it was $1,323/kW, which represents the
cost of building a
plant excluding regional factors.
CALCULATION that 7,000 new non-fossil fuel needed to replace the 2,545,800,000,000 kWh generated by fossil fuel plants at a cost of $1,323/kW or 290,417,522 kW per hour to be replaced
or total cost of $409,779,123,888. Just to meet Biden's "guarantee to rid fossil fuels"!
