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.
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.) No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM
Setec Powerr
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
As more consumers purchase electric vehicles in the coming decades, a huge question is plaguing governments and the auto industry: Can the grid keep up with the dramatic increase in demand for electricity? ” Many car companies have realized that they must get the grid ready to make electric vehicles more popular.
Teslarati
AUGUST 2, 2022
Other major OEMs such as Ford, GM, and Stellantis announcing and marketing their own EVs have also helped. They will also speak about the grid and the needed infrastructure to support EV growth. In May 2022, Elon Musk pointed out that Tesla’s actual rival is much larger than the auto industry itself. The Research.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 3, 2008
The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. The Smart Garage concept has become RMI’s means to describe the integration of the grid and the electric vehicle.
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2009
USCAR was founded in 1992 with the goal of strengthening the technology base of the US auto industry through cooperative research and development. USCAR is governed by the three-member USCAR Council, whose membership includes the R&D vice presidents from GM, Ford and Chrysler. Earlier post.).
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