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Elon Musk Says We Need Way More Electricity. Is He Right? - The Wall Street Journal

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Elon Musk Says We Need Way More Electricity. Is He Right? - WSJ

Aug. 8, 2023 9:09 am ET

Making predictions, especially about the future, is dangerous. That didn’t stop Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, from making a rather startling one recently: U.S. electricity demand will triple by around 2045, in part due to widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

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