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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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It’s been 25 years since University of Delaware energy and environmental expert Willett Kempton and Green Mountain College energy economist Steve Letendre outlined what they saw as a “dawning interaction between electric-drive vehicles and the electric supply system.” Production Zoes capable of bidirectional charging have yet to come out.

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

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In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion. Cocconi was also dismayed by the automaker’s decision to equip the production car with an off-board rather than onboard charger, which he believed would limit the car’s utility.

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