"The automaker (TOYOTA) wants its EV owners to be able to use their cars to power their homes and communities or to send power back to the electric grid when it’s overwhelmed"
(Article in business section, Dallas Morning News, Automobiles)
Net metering would take care of billing/credit. An automatic interface to prevent EV suppled power from electrocuting linemen during outage repairs would be necessary.
Residences with installed solar/wind installations would probably have most needed equipment already in place. Since EVs do not generate any power, they could only supply some limited peak load offset. A hybrid could actually generate some power, assuming it had fuel on board, and it could make more of its total useable battery capacity available to the grid without becoming disabled.
That's nice!
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