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Endesa develops prototype charger enabling electric vehicle to return power to the grid; hoping for deployment by 2020

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Connection of the EV to the grid has been carried out using models that are compatible with the established standards, so that this system can be tested in all commercial vehicles equipped with this technology. Endesa will use the Mitsubishi i-MiEV to carry out the trials with the V2G charger.

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Mitsubishi companies and NEDO to collaborate on smart grid and V2X research project

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Acting as advisor to this project is the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which is aiming to develop Smart Grid systems that employ electric vehicles and the lithium-ion batteries used to power them. NEDO’s energy management operations are invested in the stable, large-scale introduction of distributed power.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

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Ed Kjaer, the director of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, demonstrates how the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle or MiEV plugs into their Garage of the Future at their Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Photo by Eric Tom). Smart meters have uses far beyond electric vehicles.