Auto Industry Climate Change Power Grid Price 
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Some observers thought V2G could prevent the kinds of price spikes and rolling blackouts then plaguing the Golden State.
Cars That Think
MARCH 28, 2023
Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. 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. And yet, the rush to transition to EVs is logical.
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.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 30, 2009
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. This would allow utilities to stagger when electric cars are charging, or charge up power all at once if generation is high.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. By partnering with these two industries. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000.
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