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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

I believe that all three barriers are very real for the auto industry but they are not true in any absolute sense. A: I’ve really scratched my head on this one because everything of which I can think is technically possible, even now. We also push this model upstream, leasing from our supply chain.