Comments on: Imagining the Plug-In Future – Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008 http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/14/imagining-the-plug-in-future-plug-in-electric-vehicles-2008/ where gas mileage matters Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:26:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mpg-o-editor http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/14/imagining-the-plug-in-future-plug-in-electric-vehicles-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 mpg-o-editor Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:46:28 +0000 http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/14/imagining-the-plug-in-future-plug-in-electric-vehicles-2008/#comment-1203 @ Lucy - Many thanks for your thoughts! The mass adoption of plug-in vehicles may actually be beneficial to the grid. By managing the window in which the vehicles are recharged, electrical loads can be more balanced. Cars will, for the most part, recharge at night when there is excess capacity. During the day, electric vehicles might even help to cushion the effect of peak loads by providing power back to the grid ... although this possibility is further down the road. @ Lucy – Many thanks for your thoughts!

The mass adoption of plug-in vehicles may actually be beneficial to the grid.

By managing the window in which the vehicles are recharged, electrical loads can be more balanced. Cars will, for the most part, recharge at night when there is excess capacity.

During the day, electric vehicles might even help to cushion the effect of peak loads by providing power back to the grid … although this possibility is further down the road.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/14/imagining-the-plug-in-future-plug-in-electric-vehicles-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Lucy Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:23:46 +0000 http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/14/imagining-the-plug-in-future-plug-in-electric-vehicles-2008/#comment-1202 What is going to happen to the electric Grid in Cities when all those people start plugging in their cars--- Our electricity goes out often without this new invention of the plug in automobile. Also I had a lawn mower that was electric and I have had gas powered and I would not buy an electric mower again because once it develops electrical power it is totally unrepairable where you can repair the gas powered lawn mower often. What is going to happen to the electric Grid in Cities when all those people start plugging in their cars— Our electricity goes out often without this new invention of the plug in automobile. Also I had a lawn mower that was electric and I have had gas powered and I would not buy an electric mower again because once it develops electrical power it is totally unrepairable where you can repair the gas powered lawn mower often.

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