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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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CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

Green Car Congress

As one of the fastest growing electricity sources in the United States, wind can be expected to meet a large proportion of the renewable portfolio standards. To compensate for the increased amounts of these inherently–variable sources of electricity, the power grid requires additional flexibility to manage fluctuations in generation.

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

where it hardly ever rains, the roads are new and wide, the traffic lights are normalized and standardized. People build a safety-critical system, then they put a cheap commercial software product in the middle of it. The power grid is important, maybe the most important, but it’s difficult to prove to people it’s vulnerable.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

Today, the organization has grown to include over 230 members around the world, and is working to establish ever-more-powerful charging standards. Essentially, any form of electrified transportation should have a standardized form of charging to make systems interoperable. Charged : And establishing standards within CCS?