Cities running on car batteries? Just so crazy it might work

Utilities and auto makers are tinkering with a new vehicle-to-grid approach, which could see batteries inside electric cars used as storage for the entire public power grid.
Photo: Michael Porbst/AP
Photo: Michael Porbst/AP
by Stephen Stapczynski, bloomberg

When Damien Maguire moved to the countryside outside Dublin, he struggled to keep the lights on at home because of the town's constant power outages. He found a solution inside his electric cars: their batteries.

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