[john61ct]

Ambitious project in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Largest Vehicle-To-Grid Charging Project On The Planet?

Utrecht is working towards becoming the first bi-directional city in the world and in his recent trip Robert Llewellyn visited a huge solar powered car park and charging station to see how EVs...

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[remy_martian]

Elon Musk, who holds they keys to it right now, seems averse to V2G (Vehicle to Grid...buy low, sell high, drive your car for free).

Being a slave to his stock options these days, of course he is...he doesn't get to sell batteries for your car AND your house 🤬 Even though he's battery constrained on the vehicles side...

Here's hoping the Ford Lightning starts a V2G arms race, given its initial V2H (home) capability. Sadly, I don't think we will see V2G until the turn of the decade in North America.

The beauty of V2G is it has the potential to shut down fossil fuels peaker plants, which usually run on methane (which comes from fracking), like your Toyota hydrogen car will/is.

 

[john61ct]

DIY is the way