Primo Natura14h ago

"Electric cars can make power grids more reliable (and earn owners money)—so why aren't we doing that?"

#EV #ElectricVehicles #cars #Vehicles

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-electric-cars-power-grids-reliable.html

Electric cars can make power grids more reliable (and earn owners money)—so why aren't we doing that?

Electric vehicles (EVs) can effectively serve as mobile batteries that provide energy to the power grid when not being driven, improving the reliability of the grid, serving as a source of backup power and potentially reducing energy and EV ownership costs. So why have so few places adopted the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) model? A new study details the barriers to V2G adoption and outlines possible paths forward for this technology.

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Show threadPedestriansfirst13h ago
@primonatura Every article about EVs needs to make it clear that their manufacture and the minerals and metals that need to be mined for them is an environmental disaster. This article doesn’t. #EVs
Show threadEndlessMason13h ago
@pedestrians1st @primonatura
I think that's just covered by it being a car?
Show threadPedestriansfirst
@primonatura @EndlessMason EVs are often touted as the greener alternative. Indeed in the UK an EV is awarded a green stripe on its number plate. The people, often in the third world, whose lives are being destroyed by mining for them would not be impressed.
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