News From the Field Scientists Explore Putting Electric Cars on a Two-way Power Street
October 1, 2008
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Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead, earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid. Scientists at the University of Michigan, are exploring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that not only use grid electricity to meet their power needs, but return it to the grid, earning money for the owner.
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