Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

Grid 133

Grid Power Powered Vehicles 133

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. Units USABC MIT EPRI. grid only). Battery mass.

Davis 210

Davis Commercial PHEV EPRI 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Sectioned Mg||Sb liquid metal battery operated at 700 °C showing the three stratified liquid phases upon cooling to room temperature. Large-scale energy storage is poised to play a critical role in enhancing the stability, security, and reliability of tomorrow’s electrical power grid, including the support of intermittent renewable resources.

MIT 301

MIT Molten Salt Batteries Battery 301

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt continues to be one of our highest priorities among all GMs future product programs and remains on track for a November 2010 launch," spokesman David Darovitz told Automotive News. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. Interesting in any case.

Volt 41

Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41