On the day of a blackout, a trial of vehicle-to-grid technology proved both the capacity of electric vehicles to support grid stability and the importance of exactly when vehicles are charged.
The article says the intent was to discharge for only 10 minutes. That’s perhaps long enough for the grid to failover to another source and re-balance.
I would love the idea of using the car battery to power my house temporarily during an outage and would readily donate 10 minutes of battery to the grid.
The article says the intent was to discharge for only 10 minutes. That’s perhaps long enough for the grid to failover to another source and re-balance.
I would love the idea of using the car battery to power my house temporarily during an outage and would readily donate 10 minutes of battery to the grid.
Yes, discharge and then postpone recharge. The discharge seemed to work great but they all mostly recharged as soon possible.