Why are not Plug-in Electric and Hybrid not a part of the Power Grid?
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Seems to me that if cars were factored in as part of the grid, they could store energy when it is cheap and sell it back when it is high.
A multi-fuel motor might even be able to to produce electricity at a profit to the car owner when a fuel is cheap.
All that would really be needed is a two-way meter with a cost-activated control.
So, You’re saying that it is do-able, but prohibitively expensive.
But won’t those lines need to be upgraded anyway as usage increases?
And doesn’t that create jobs?
And couldn’t those same cars be used to power the house buying cheaper electris at off peak and mininizing the need for new power lines?