People with home charging can charge overnight with next to no impact on the grid - if anything it makes the grid more efficient since production capacity isn't being wasted. But as greater EV adoption occurs to the point that apartment dwellers start buying them that will have more of an impact. Apartment dwellers may not have a charger at their residence and if they do they may not be able to charge overnight since leaving a vehicle plugged in for a long time frame such as while they're in bed sleeping could be considered poor etiquette. People in apartments are less likely to be drivers or to have as many vehicles or as large of vehicles so that helps. But many apartment dwellers do drive.
One potential option is to have a large battery pack built in so that peak period charging can draw from that rather than from the grid, while the battery can be re-charged at low periods. That apparently is part of a battery train service I heard about in Europe although in that case it was to allow for faster charging since the grid had trouble providing power fast enough on its own. The battery is able to supplement it and acted as a buffer.
Yes that would add a lot to the cost of charging stations, but it would be worth it not only in avoiding peak-period pricing but also as a backup in case of short-term power outages.
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