Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. And that’s much cheaper than a new $1,300 kit. Maybe it's not out of necessity that you don't have access to the grid,” Andersen says.
Baua Electric
APRIL 25, 2024
The other necessary piece, the V2H Enablement Kit, costs $5,600 and includes an inverter, a grid disconnect switch, and the 12-volt dark-start battery necessary to move the contactors in the case of a power outage. It’s good for charging at 19.2 kw AC, while discharge power from the unit is DC and peaks at 9.6
Baua Electric
MAY 10, 2024
GM says it is working to reduce the amount of time the switchover from grid to car power takes, but that it will inevitably be slower than home battery solutions (which can respond in only a couple seconds, or even less than a second) because those stay continually energized, whereas the car requires more communication and a wake-up process.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Posted by: Bob F | Apr 13, 2009 9:42:47 PM Despite factual errors and oversights in this article, you still make an excellent point. when they were forced to put NIHM batteries in the range was 150 miles. check your facts.
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