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Electric vehicles are the future

by Tom Raftery on July 24, 2008 · 0 comments

in automotive

Image from the Andy Grove article in American.com
I wrote a post about Plug-In hybrid vehicles and their potential value to the grid the other day.
Since then I have seen several other articles published from eminent sources which seem to back the thesis that electric vehicles are the way to go.
Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, [...]

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A giant distributed battery for the country?

by Tom Raftery on July 22, 2008 · 4 comments

in demand response, smart grid, vehicle to grid

Photo Credit geognerd
Having just taken delivery today of my Toyota Prius and having just read the Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) fabulous report on Vehicle to Grid possibilities, I decided it was time to address a post to this topic.
First off, what is vehicle to grid? Vehicle to Grid (or V2G) is the idea that plug-in [...]

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