Electric Cars Could Help Fix America's Power Grid Crisis

A growing number of electric vehicles now support vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, allowing them to feed stored energy back into the power grid. As the US faces mounting strain on its electricity infrastructure, the batteries in millions of parked EVs represent a vast, distributed storage resource. This could help utilities balance supply and demand, especially during peak hours, while letting EV owners earn money by selling power back to the grid.

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