V2G charger

Millbank (AV) is coming out with a charger called V2G ( Vehicle to Grid ) . First of all let me say that I live in the bassackwards state of SC So I don't know of all the cool stuff that may already be out .
Anywho , my local electric shop says that the V2G will be on sale in July 2012 . Basically this charger will turn your i car into a generator should your house lose power .

These devices can also stabilize the entire electrical grid. There's a project by U. Delaware and NRG along those lines.

While stabilizing the grid is a worthwhile endeavor, dont most people plug in at night when the grid needs little help? And those people that plug in during the day because they "need" to, don't you think they will be a little upset when they get back to their cars and find less charge than when they left it?

It might work in an ideal world...but then again in an ideal world, we would have a stable grid, and all the power we wanted for free. Am I missing something?

Mitsu will be coming out with their 1500 watt inverter designed specifically for the car later this year. It's not intended to be grid tied though - It will provide power to run household appliances for about 6 hours should your power go out. It has just one 120 volt 12 amp socket

Very expensive back-up power though - Price is rumored to be in the $1750 range and it will only work on cars with the Level 3 charge port

Don

leec said:

These devices can also stabilize the entire electrical grid. There's a project by U. Delaware and NRG along those lines.

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Here is a link to some info about V2G: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/feb/aaasv2g022310.html

and the site is: http://www.udel.edu/V2G/index.html

Don said:

Mitsu will be coming out with their 1500 watt inverter designed specifically for the car later this year. It's not intended to be grid tied though - It will provide power to run household appliances for about 6 hours should your power go out. It has just one 120 volt 12 amp socket
Don

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Hmmm, so it'll only allow us to use a tad over 50% of pack capacity during an 'emergency' situation? The DC-DC converter provided by Nichion: http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/pr/topics_pm_ev.html

(placeholder follows as I'm away from my car for a few more days and haven't found the right numbers)
Provides XXX amps at 14.4V input, which is powerful enough to run a cheap 12VDC to 120VAC inverter at XXX amps output for twice as long.