Auto Industry Building Cheap Grid 
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.
Baua Electric
APRIL 19, 2024
Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report.
Plugs and Cars
JULY 9, 2007
It's cheap to make a car flex-fuel. So as long as it seems a green option, it's a win-win for the little green giant of the Republican party and the sclerotic giant of the auto industry. Go Yellow to go green, says GM. And the NRDC promotes biofuel with grain coming out of a gas pump. And probably for NRDC's pocketbook, too.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Recent announcements demonstrate that electric utilities and some auto makers want to make V2G a reality.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Recent announcements demonstrate that electric utilities and some auto makers want to make V2G a reality.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 2, 2007
Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. Plugging into the California electric grid today would lower the carbon emission of cars tremendously.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 23, 2023
Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. BEVs dwell at the bottom of the rankings.
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