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.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80% of their original capacity may be candidates for replacement. Duke Energy and ITOCHU believe batteries that become unsuitable for use in EVs could live on in other applications.
Cars That Think
MARCH 28, 2023
EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. Not so fast, exclaim researchers at Stanford University, who state that charging EVs during the day is actually cheaper, better for the grid, and healthier for the environment. Join the crowd.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.
Cars That Think
MARCH 31, 2023
Take power-grid transformers. These essential voltage-converting components are designed to cool down at night, when power consumption is typically low. The e-book itself is available for download exclusively for IEEE members via our website or the QR code at the end of the article.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 30, 2009
The grid today could handle many millions of EVs charging late at night when rates are lowest. The garage studies the integration of the electric vehicle into the power grid system where it either charges or discharges to accommodate the owner’s electricity needs. To be honest, we’ll be very lucky to see that many.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?
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