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Technology Stocks : The Electric Car, or MPG "what me worry?"
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To: gg cox who wrote (208)3/28/2008 8:18:29 PM
From: Eric  Read Replies (1) of 17374
 
Well the "controller" in your car wouldn't allow that to happen. Once an EV is configured to work both ways (invert to put power on the grid or to be charged) it would be done by command of your programming instructions in the car or your home or even your cell phone as an example. One little microprocessor and some code would make your car "smart" and that would serve to instruct the utility what your car is capable of when it is interfaced to the utility. Distributed storage in this sense is a huge advantage to a utility.

Considering that your car is not moving the vast majority of the time during the day this battery can be available to smooth out the grid. If you don't want to plug in at work, no problem. It's up to you to decide. Some of us envision just simply plugging in and the utility immediately "handshakes" with the car. This is not rocket science and could be done today as the utility does send signals down their existing grid piggy back on the power lines.

A number of folks are working on this at the present time. Distributed neighborhood grids would become very reliable and stable. As more homes generate their own electrons in the future you can just imagine the possibilities!
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