Grid-Connected Cars and Renewables: Understanding the Potential

The prospect of having millions of vehicles plugging in to the nation’s electric grid in the coming decade has never been better. The car-buying public has firmly demonstrated the commercial viability of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), with HEVs reaching 1% of new car sales in 2005. Most vehicle manufacturers are betting on this trend accelerating in the coming years, and are rushing to bring hybrid vehicles to their dealer’s showrooms. The evolution of HEVs to allow charging from the electric gird is assumed by many as desirable, and I would argue inevitable. The underlying economic and national security advantages of displacing gasoline with electricity are undeniable.

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