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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

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. So instead, Edison and auto manufacturers are turning to “smart metering&# technologies.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

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.&#. and San Diego, a combination of green consciousness and enthusiasm for new technology seems to be stirring public interest in the cars.