Comments on: Ford, Utilities to Tie Plug-in Hybrids into Smart Grid http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/19/ford-utilities-to-tie-plug-in-hybrids-into-smart-grid/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hsr0601 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/19/ford-utilities-to-tie-plug-in-hybrids-into-smart-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-146680 hsr0601 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:45:15 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=19898#comment-146680 The vehicle-to-grid communication technology is helping the battery serve as a storage to prevent the costly blackout standing at about $90 to 100bn per year. That means utilities are shedding cost for additional storage facilities and ratepayers are selling electricity for peak hours so that EVs can make more economic sense, as we know. It is also in the best interest of electricity utilities that EVs are going mainstream, thereby they need to put in charge stands where needed around highways, major roads with card readers or cell phone tech. The vehicle-to-grid communication technology is helping the battery serve as a storage to prevent the costly blackout standing at about $90 to 100bn per year. That means utilities are shedding cost for additional storage facilities and ratepayers are selling electricity for peak hours so that EVs can make more economic sense, as we know.

It is also in the best interest of electricity utilities that EVs are going mainstream, thereby they need to put in charge stands where needed around highways, major roads with card readers or cell phone tech.

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