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.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race.“I Lobbying EV1 style Pohorsky leased his first EV, a GM EV1 , in 1999. Tesla licensed the technology.”
Blink Charging
MARCH 3, 2022
Vehicle to Grid Technology, or V2G, is smart charging technology that allows electricity to flow from car to grid rather than grid to car. “I worked for an electric utility in the ’90s and performed hurricane restoration duties in a GM EV1. Electricity can also flow from car to home.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
Perhaps Lutz's mistaken impressions about the EV1 and electric cars color his understanding of what NiMH can achieve. (Or Or perhaps GM's disinformation campaign about the successes of the EV1 and its NiMH batteries is still in force.) Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1? It's time to make a paradigm shift."
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 30, 2006
These organizations continue to call for a focus on more efficient gasoline cars, a policy with two decades of failure and no hope of actually solving the problems of petroleum dependence and global warming. Irony abounds. George Bush, oilman, seems to understand the commonsense benefits of plug-in hybrids.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 27, 2008
. “Does it really work competely without gasoline?&# (Yes.) “Have you heard what Arnold or Clooney think of their cars?&# (I’m guessing they are very happy.) “How much noise does it make.&# (Just a whirrrr.) And finally, “Do you like it?&# (Ahh…that would be yes.).
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. Toyota, the automaker arguably best positioned and most experienced in the ways of electric drive, has scarcely hidden its intention to go slow on plug-ins while touting small incremental mileage gains on the gasoline-only Prius and the green glitz of an optional solar roof. Such as the $1.1
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