California pilot program tests electric vehicles as home backup batteries and grid power sources
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A pilot program in Oakland, California is testing whether electric vehicles can serve as backup batteries for homes and the grid. Frances Bell's home is part of a 120-home project exploring bidirectional charging technology, where EVs can both power household appliances and send excess energy back to the electrical grid. The program aims to work out the technical and practical challenges of using EV batteries as distributed energy storage resources.
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· 3 pulledAt first glance, Frances Bell's home in Oakland, California, doesn't look like a postcard from the EV-powered future.
But if a new program takes off, it could be a harbinger of what's possible for homes across the state and the country.
This 120-home pilot project in California is working out the kinks.
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