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Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid. Smart meters and substations will be integral.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 20, 2009
Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
ECOtality Advertisement With General Motors, Nissan and Daimler – among others – all racing to come out with electric cars by 2010, it’s clear that electric cars are the solution and will soon be the norm. Electric motors are generally three times more energy efficient than combustion engines.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.
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