Tag: vehicle to grid
-
Electrify Everything: The Fastest Way to End Fossil Fuels
The post emphasizes the urgent need for electrification to phase out fossil fuels, arguing it’s not just beneficial but already proving successful globally. Over the past century, electricity has become increasingly efficient and dominant in energy demand, surpassing fossil fuels. This shift requires substantial grid investments and strong political leadership to fully realise its potential…
-
Elon Musk has two more Secret Master Plans
Tesla CEO Elon Musk published his “Secret Master Plan” back in 2006 to bring the Model 3 to the market. However, hidden in that are two other Master Plans to completely disrupt other ancillary industries, all the while making electric vehicles more sustainable and attractive.
-
Smart Grid Heavy Hitter series – Silver Springs Networks’ Raj Vaswani
This is the third of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, and in it I talked to the CTO of Silver Springs Networks, Raj Vaswani. It was a great interview – in it we talked about: Raj’s definition and the benefits of a Smart Grid The fact that, to-date Smart Grids are quite notional How…
-
Ford discusses their Electric Vehicle and smart grid integration plans
Just before Christmas I had a chat with Ford’s head of battery electric vehicle applications, Greg Frenette. We discussed how Ford has been working with utilities and industry organisations to ready its electric vehicles for deep integration into smart grids. It was fascinating for me to see just how far Ford have proceeded with their…