Friday, 2 August 2013

Via Motors latest to try electric vehicle-to-home backup power tech


Credit: CNN

Electric vehicle (EV) batteries store substantial amounts of energy. Typically, enough to supply electricity to power a house for a day or longer. Manufacturers have experimented with doing just this. Now Bob Lutz' Via Motors is looking at doing something similar with their range extended EV truck. Taking it one step further, they plan to use the truck's 125 kilowatt generator to power an entire street.

This is after transporting engineers & their tools to the site.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1085984_via-motors-latest-to-try-electric-vehicle-to-home-backup-power-tech

More about Via Motors:

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RAVPower Dynamo-On-the-Go RP-PB07 10,400mAh power bank review


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