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

Cars That Think

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.

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Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. Photos: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times. Here’s a quote from the LA Times article By Maeve Reston: Obama unveils $2.4-billion Read the full LA Times article and the complete Town Hall Transcript. The new $2.4-billion

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon.

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Will We Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2035? A National Clean Electricity Standard Could Be Key

EV Match

While most of us who read about energy slapped our palms to our foreheads , many people believed Governor Abbott and blamed renewable energy for power outages. Credit: Los Angeles Times. Researchers have also found that transitioning to a grid powered by renewables will save consumers about 10% on their electricity bills.