Comments on: Three Thoughts on Smart Charging For Plug-In Vehicles

By: V2Green To Charge Up Austin Energy « Earth2Tech

V2Green To Charge Up Austin Energy « Earth2Tech — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:10:02 +0000

[...] V2Green’s field trial with Austin Energy might only have 2 vehicles and last 6 months, but it will help provide data for what kind of difference smart charging can make for a utility. And the technology holds enough potential that PG&E (PCG) teamed up with Tesla to look into it. [...]

By: JCitizen

JCitizen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:47:21 +0000

This makes perfect sense to me and would actually help rid us of some oil and coal usage. As wind, wave generation, and solar power comes on line this would enable free energy sources a place to store waste power.

In the mid of the US wind energy is exploding and there is a tremendous amount of generating power going to waste because there is nowhere to go with the power when too much is generated and demand is low. This would especially help the solar power industry.

By: Earth2Tech » Blog Archive » V2Green: Plug-In Vehicle Smart Charging Startup

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:17:58 +0000

[...] PG&E (PCG) and electric car startup Tesla said last month that they plan to research “smart charging” for electric plug-in vehicles — where the rate that a plug-in vehicle charges from the grid [...]

By: V2Green: Plug-In Smart Charging Startup « Earth2Tech

V2Green: Plug-In Smart Charging Startup « Earth2Tech — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:43:25 +0000

[...] October 5th, 2007 at 10:41 am in Startups When PG&E (PCG) and electric car startup Tesla said last month that they plan to research “smart charging” for electric plug-in vehicles — where the rate that a plug-in electric vehicle charges from [...]

By: Jim Beyer

Jim Beyer — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:28:49 +0000

Darryl,

The immediate value of EVs and PHEVs is displacing oil use, not mitigating CO2 emissions. But that can come later, when more expensive, intermittent, green power can recharge PHEVs and still do so at a cost consumers would find acceptable (compared to gasoline).

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:07:49 +0000

Reed's comment reminds me of a panel member I heard at an event at Stanford the other day. Her point was that we shouldn't bother with EVs because they won't do enough to overcome the damage being done by coal plants in China. To me, it is defeatist attitude to think that we should not try to make incremental progress on many fronts to address the serious issue that confront us.

By: Jim Beyer

Jim Beyer — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:55:06 +0000

Electric Grids should provide real-time pricing of their product. Then their entire market (not just PHEVs) could make their own choices about when to use and no use electric power. In a pinch, the utilities could use the internet to broadcast their pricing, until a more specific solution could be developed.